CVE-2023-5406 (GCVE-0-2023-5406)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-17 16:47 – Updated: 2024-08-02 07:59
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Server communication with a controller can lead to remote code execution using a specially crafted message from the controller. See Honeywell Security Notification for recommendations on upgrading and versioning.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-31 14:00 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://process.honeywell.com |
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honeywell | Experion Server |
Affected:
520.2 , ≤ 520.2 TCU4
(semver)
Affected: 510.1 , ≤ 510.2 HF13 (semver) Affected: 520.1 , ≤ 520.1 TCU4 (semver) Affected: 511.1 , ≤ 511.5 TCU4 HF3 (semver) |
guessed | |
| Honeywell | Experion Server |
Affected:
520.2 , ≤ 520.2 TCU4
(semver)
Affected: 511.1 , ≤ 511.5 TCU4 HF3 (semver) Affected: 520.1 , ≤ 520.1 TCU4 (semver) |
guessed | |
| Honeywell | Experion Server |
Affected:
520.2 , ≤ 520.2 TCU4
(semver)
Affected: 520.1 , ≤ 520.1 TCU4 (semver) Affected: 520.2 TCU4 HFR2 , ≤ 511.5 TCU4 HF3 (semver) |
guessed |
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"assignerOrgId": "0dc86260-d7e3-4e81-ba06-3508e030ce8d",
"assignerShortName": "Honeywell",
"cveId": "CVE-2023-5406",
"datePublished": "2024-04-17T16:47:50.336Z",
"dateReserved": "2023-10-04T17:50:54.642Z",
"dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T07:59:44.668Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
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Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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