FKIE_CVE-2021-32984
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-04-04 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:53
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/
Summary
All programming connections receive the same unlocked privileges, which can result in a privilege escalation. During the time Automation Direct CLICK PLC CPU Modules: C0-1x CPUs with firmware prior to v3.00 is unlocked by an authorized user, an attacker can connect to the PLC and read the project without authorization.
References
| URL | Tags | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov | https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-166-02 | Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-166-02 | Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource |
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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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