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  "document": {
    "acknowledgments": [
      {
        "names": [
          "Sharon Brizinov"
        ],
        "organization": "Claroty",
        "summary": "reporting these vulnerabilities to GE"
      }
    ],
    "category": "csaf_security_advisory",
    "csaf_version": "2.0",
    "distribution": {
      "text": "Disclosure is not limited",
      "tlp": {
        "label": "WHITE",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/"
      }
    },
    "lang": "en-US",
    "notes": [
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "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",
        "title": "CISA Disclaimer"
      },
      {
        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "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/.",
        "title": "Legal Notice"
      },
      {
        "category": "summary",
        "text": "Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to create read/write/execute commands within the Mark VIe control system.",
        "title": "Risk evaluation"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Worldwide",
        "title": "Countries/areas deployed"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "United States",
        "title": "Company headquarters location"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.\nCISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage onus-cert.gov. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage on us-cert.gov in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.\nOrganizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "No known public exploits specifically target these vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are not exploitable remotely.",
        "title": "Exploitability"
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "category": "coordinator",
      "contact_details": "Email: CISAservicedesk@cisa.dhs.gov;\n Toll Free: 1-888-282-0870",
      "name": "CISA",
      "namespace": "https://www.cisa.gov/"
    },
    "references": [
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-19-281-02 JSON",
        "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2019/icsa-19-281-02.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-19-281-02 Web Version",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-19-281-02"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B"
      }
    ],
    "title": "GE Mark VIe Controller",
    "tracking": {
      "current_release_date": "2019-10-08T00:00:00.000000Z",
      "generator": {
        "engine": {
          "name": "CISA CSAF Generator",
          "version": "1.0.0"
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      "id": "ICSA-19-281-02",
      "initial_release_date": "2019-10-08T00:00:00.000000Z",
      "revision_history": [
        {
          "date": "2019-10-08T00:00:00.000000Z",
          "legacy_version": "Initial",
          "number": "1",
          "summary": "ICSA-19-281-02 GE Mark VIe Controller"
        }
      ],
      "status": "final",
      "version": "1"
    }
  },
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        "branches": [
          {
            "branches": [
              {
                "category": "product_version",
                "name": "vers:all/*",
                "product": {
                  "name": " GE Mark Vle Controller: All Versions",
                  "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001"
                }
              }
            ],
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            "name": "GE Mark Vle Controller"
          }
        ],
        "category": "vendor",
        "name": "General Electric (GE)"
      }
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  "vulnerabilities": [
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2019-13554",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-285",
        "name": "Improper Authorization"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "The affected product has an unsecured Telnet protocol that may allow a user to create an authenticated session using generic default credentials.CVE-2019-13554 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 6.3 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
      ],
      "product_status": {
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          "CSAFPID-0001"
        ]
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2019-13554"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Disable the Telnet service (Telnet was enabled by default on Mark VIe controllers with versions of Control*ST earlier than v6.0).",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Reset controller passwords upon transfer of Mark VIe to the operating environment",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "GE Mark VIe Control system owners can request access and find instructions in GEH-6808, Control*ST Software Suite How to Guidelines.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "GE Mark VIe Control system owners can reference GEH-6839, Secure Deployment Guidelines, for further instruction on security actions with installation and maintenance of their control system.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "GE recommends organizations employ a defense-in-depth strategy through user authentication and authorization with features native to the control system to remediate security risk against the communication protocol vulnerabilities described.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For more information contact GE at https://www.ge.com/security",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.ge.com/security"
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
          "cvss_v3": {
            "baseScore": 6.3,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
            "version": "3.0"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2019-13559",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-798",
        "name": "Use of Hard-coded Credentials"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "The affected product is shipped with pre-configured hard-coded credentials that may allow root-user access to the controller. A limited application of the affected product may ship without setup and configuration instructions immediately available to the end user. The bulk of controllers go into applications requiring the GE commissioning engineer to change default configurations during the installation process.CVE-2019-13559 has been assigned to this vulnerability.A CVSS v3 base score of 6.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
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        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Disable the Telnet service (Telnet was enabled by default on Mark VIe controllers with versions of Control*ST earlier than v6.0).",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Reset controller passwords upon transfer of Mark VIe to the operating environment",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "GE Mark VIe Control system owners can request access and find instructions in GEH-6808, Control*ST Software Suite How to Guidelines.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "GE Mark VIe Control system owners can reference GEH-6839, Secure Deployment Guidelines, for further instruction on security actions with installation and maintenance of their control system.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "GE recommends organizations employ a defense-in-depth strategy through user authentication and authorization with features native to the control system to remediate security risk against the communication protocol vulnerabilities described.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For more information contact GE at https://www.ge.com/security",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.ge.com/security"
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
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          "cvss_v3": {
            "baseScore": 6.8,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H",
            "version": "3.0"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}