icsa-18-228-01
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2018-08-16 00:00
Modified
2018-08-16 00:00
Summary
Emerson DeltaV DCS Workstations

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
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow arbitrary code execution, malware injection, or malware to spread to other workstations.
Recommended Practices
NCCIC recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:
Recommended Practices
NCCIC reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.NCCIC 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 on the ICS-CERT website in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to NCCIC for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
Exploitability
No known public exploits specifically target these vulnerabilities.



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        "title": "CISA Disclaimer"
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        "text": "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/.",
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        "category": "general",
        "text": "NCCIC reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.NCCIC 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.",
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          "product_ids": [
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          "details": "Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-14797, CVE-2018-14795, and CVE-2018-14791 cannot be exploited if application whitelisting is implemented since it would prevent files from being overwritten.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "To limit exposure to these and other vulnerabilities, Emerson recommends deploying and configuring DeltaV systems and related components as described in the DeltaV Security Manual, which is available in Emerson\u0027s Guardian Support Portal.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
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          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
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          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Software patches are available to users with access to the Guardian Support Portal at https://guardian.emersonprocess.com/. Please refer to the Knowledge Base Article AK-1800- 0042 (DSN18003) for more information.",
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            "CSAFPID-0001"
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-14797, CVE-2018-14795, and CVE-2018-14791 cannot be exploited if application whitelisting is implemented since it would prevent files from being overwritten.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
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        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "To limit exposure to these and other vulnerabilities, Emerson recommends deploying and configuring DeltaV systems and related components as described in the DeltaV Security Manual, which is available in Emerson\u0027s Guardian Support Portal.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
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            "version": "3.0"
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          "products": [
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        "id": "CWE-269",
        "name": "Improper Privilege Management"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Non-administrative users are able to change executable and library files on the affected products.CVE-2018-14791 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 8.2 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
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          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2018-14791"
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          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
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      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "DeltaV DCS Versions: 11.3.1, 12.3.1, 13.3.0, 13.3.1, and R5: Apply patch from vendor.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Software patches are available to users with access to the Guardian Support Portal at https://guardian.emersonprocess.com/. Please refer to the Knowledge Base Article AK-1800- 0042 (DSN18003) for more information.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://guardian.emersonprocess.com/"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-14797, CVE-2018-14795, and CVE-2018-14791 cannot be exploited if application whitelisting is implemented since it would prevent files from being overwritten.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "To limit exposure to these and other vulnerabilities, Emerson recommends deploying and configuring DeltaV systems and related components as described in the DeltaV Security Manual, which is available in Emerson\u0027s Guardian Support Portal.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
          "cvss_v3": {
            "baseScore": 8.2,
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            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.0"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2018-14793",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-121",
        "name": "Stack-based Buffer Overflow"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "An open communication port could be exploited to allow arbitrary code execution.CVE-2018-14793 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 9.6 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
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      ],
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          "details": "DeltaV DCS Versions: 11.3.1, 12.3.1, 13.3.0, 13.3.1, and R5: Apply patch from vendor.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Software patches are available to users with access to the Guardian Support Portal at https://guardian.emersonprocess.com/. Please refer to the Knowledge Base Article AK-1800- 0042 (DSN18003) for more information.",
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            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://guardian.emersonprocess.com/"
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "To limit exposure to these and other vulnerabilities, Emerson recommends deploying and configuring DeltaV systems and related components as described in the DeltaV Security Manual, which is available in Emerson\u0027s Guardian Support Portal.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        }
      ],
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