icsa-13-016-01
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2013-10-20 06:00
Modified
2025-06-06 22:39
Summary
Schneider Electric Authenticated Communication Risk Vulnerability

Notes

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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
Recommended Practices
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Recommended Practices
Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems, ensuring they are not accessible from the internet.
Recommended Practices
Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolating them from business networks.
Recommended Practices
When remote access is required, use more secure methods, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). Recognize VPNs may have vulnerabilities, should be updated to the most recent version available, and are only as secure as the connected devices.
Recommended Practices
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
Recommended Practices
CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Recommended Practices
CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.
Recommended Practices
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Recommended Practices
Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
Recommended Practices
CISA also recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks: Do not click web links or open attachments in unsolicited email messages. Refer to Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams for more information on avoiding email scams. Refer to Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks for more information on social engineering attacks.


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      "cwe": {
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        "name": "Improper Authentication"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "The client in Schneider Electric Software Update (SESU) Utility 1.0.x and 1.1.x does not ensure that updates have a valid origin, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof updates, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by modifying the data stream on TCP port 80.",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
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          "CSAFPID-0003",
          "CSAFPID-0004",
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          "CSAFPID-0006",
          "CSAFPID-0007",
          "CSAFPID-0008",
          "CSAFPID-0009",
          "CSAFPID-0010",
          "CSAFPID-0011",
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          "CSAFPID-0015",
          "CSAFPID-0016",
          "CSAFPID-0017",
          "CSAFPID-0018"
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        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Schneider Electric has produced a customer notificationSchneider Electric Customer Notification, (http://www2.schneider-electric.com/corporate/en/support/cybersecurity/viewer-news.page?c_filepath=/templatedata/Content/News/data/en/local/cybersecurity/general_information/2013/01/20130109_advisory_of_vulnerability_affecting_schneider_electric_s_software_upda.xml).  that contains mitigations to resolve this vulnerability. According to Schneider Electric, in order to resolve the vulnerability with the software server, Schneider Electric has taken the following actions:  The SESU server has been updated to the latest version. Currently, both HTTP and HTTPS are supported in parallel. HTTPS does ensure signed communication.  The new SESU client has been updated as of January 2013 to use HTTPS instead of HTTP. The new version of the SESU Client will be made available to customers for distribution via the SESU mechanism in January 2013.  Customers can also use an updated software product CD that will contain the updated SESU client, when the CD becomes available. Contact your local support desk for details.  While both HTTP and HTTPS SESU client functionality is supported currently, several months after starting to update the SESU clients (May 2013) the HTTP port of the SESU server will be disabled. This means that only HTTPS will be supported during SESU client updates from that time forward, which mitigates this current vulnerability.",
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            "CSAFPID-0009",
            "CSAFPID-0010",
            "CSAFPID-0011",
            "CSAFPID-0012",
            "CSAFPID-0013",
            "CSAFPID-0014",
            "CSAFPID-0015",
            "CSAFPID-0016",
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            "CSAFPID-0018"
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          "url": "http://www2.schneider-electric.com/corporate/en/support/cybersecurity/viewer-news.page?c_filepath=/templatedata/Content/News/data/en/local/cybersecurity/general_information/2013/01/20130109_advisory_of_vulnerability_affecting_schneider_electric_s_software_upda.xml"
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
          "cvss_v2": {
            "baseScore": 9.3,
            "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
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            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004",
            "CSAFPID-0005",
            "CSAFPID-0006",
            "CSAFPID-0007",
            "CSAFPID-0008",
            "CSAFPID-0009",
            "CSAFPID-0010",
            "CSAFPID-0011",
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            "CSAFPID-0017",
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}


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