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  "document": {
    "acknowledgments": [
      {
        "organization": "Emerson Cybersecurity",
        "summary": "reporting this vulnerability to CISA"
      }
    ],
    "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 this vulnerability could allow arbitrary code execution.",
        "title": "Risk evaluation"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Chemical, Critical Manufacturing, Dams, Energy, Food and Agriculture, Healthcare and Public Health, Nuclear Reactors, Materials and Waste, Transportation Systems, Water",
        "title": "Critical infrastructure sectors"
      },
      {
        "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 this vulnerability. This vulnerability is 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-20-063-01 JSON",
        "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2020/icsa-20-063-01.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-20-063-01 Web Version",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-20-063-01"
      },
      {
        "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": "Emerson ValveLink",
    "tracking": {
      "current_release_date": "2020-03-03T00:00:00.000000Z",
      "generator": {
        "engine": {
          "name": "CISA CSAF Generator",
          "version": "1.0.0"
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      "id": "ICSA-20-063-01",
      "initial_release_date": "2020-03-03T00:00:00.000000Z",
      "revision_history": [
        {
          "date": "2020-03-03T00:00:00.000000Z",
          "legacy_version": "Initial",
          "number": "1",
          "summary": "ICSA-20-063-01 Emerson ValveLink"
        }
      ],
      "status": "final",
      "version": "1"
    }
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              {
                "category": "product_version_range",
                "name": "\u003e= 12.0.264 | \u003c= 13.4.118",
                "product": {
                  "name": "ValveLink: v12.0.264 to v13.4.118",
                  "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001"
                }
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            ],
            "category": "product_name",
            "name": "ValveLink"
          }
        ],
        "category": "vendor",
        "name": "Emerson"
      }
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  "vulnerabilities": [
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2020-6971",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-284",
        "name": "Improper Access Control"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "A vulnerability in the ValveLink software may allow a local, unprivileged, trusted insider to escalate privileges due to insecure configuration parameters.CVE-2020-6971 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
      ],
      "product_status": {
        "known_affected": [
          "CSAFPID-0001"
        ]
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-6971"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "ValveLink, v12.0.264 to v13.4.118: Apply upgrade for ValveLink v13.4.123 or higher.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Software upgrades are available to users by contacting an Emerson Impact Partner. AMS, Ovation, and DeltaV users with ValveLink can download the update through the Guardian Support Portal.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://guardian.emersonprocess.com/"
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "To limit exposure to this vulnerability, Emerson recommends immediately deploying and configuring the latest version of ValveLink as described in the ValveLink installation guide.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.emerson.com/documents/automation/installation-guide-valvelink-software-en-122942.pdf"
        }
      ],
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          "cvss_v3": {
            "baseScore": 7.8,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.0"
          },
          "products": [
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          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}