ICSA-17-026-01
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2017-01-26 00:00
Modified
2017-01-26 00:00
Summary
Eaton ePDU Path Traversal Vulnerability

Notes

CISA Disclaimer
This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov
Legal Notice
All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided "as is" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.
Risk evaluation
Independent researcher Maxim Rupp has identified a path traversal vulnerability in certain legacy Eaton ePDUs. Although the affected products are past end-of-life (EoL) and is no longer supported, Eaton has provided defense-in-depth mitigation instructions to protect devices that are still in use.
Recommended Practices
ICS-CERT recommends that users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:
Recommended Practices
ICS-CERT reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
Recommended Practices
ICS-CERT also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS-CERT web page. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Recommended Practices
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available in the ICS -CERT Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies, that is available for download from the ICS-CERT web site.
Recommended Practices
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to ICS-CERT for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
Exploitability
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability.



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