icsa-20-070-06
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2020-03-10 00:00
Modified
2020-03-10 00:00
Summary
Rockwell Automation MicroLogix Controllers and RSLogix 500 Software

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 an attacker to gain access to sensitive project file information including passwords.
Critical infrastructure sectors
Multiple
Countries/areas deployed
Worldwide
Company headquarters location
United States
Recommended Practices
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:
Recommended Practices
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures. CISA 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.
Recommended Practices
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. Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
Exploitability
No known public exploits specifically target these vulnerabilities.


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          "Ilya Karpov",
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        "organization": "ScadaX Security",
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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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        },
        {
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          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For RSLogix 500 software, Rockwell Automation recommends affected users apply v11 or later and use in conjunction with applied FRN 21.001 or later for Micrologix 1400 Series B devices. Other configurations do not have direct mitigations.",
          "product_ids": [
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      "cve": "CVE-2020-6988",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-603",
        "name": "Use of Client-Side Authentication"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "A remote, unauthenticated attacker can send a request from the RSLogix 500 software to the victim \u0027s MicroLogix controller. The controller will then respond to the client with used password values to authenticate the user on the client-side. This method of authentication may allow an attacker to bypass authentication altogether, disclose sensitive information, or leak credentials.CVE-2020-6988 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).",
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          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-6988"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
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            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004"
          ],
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        },
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            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004"
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        },
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          "details": "For RSLogix 500 software, Rockwell Automation recommends affected users apply v11 or later and use in conjunction with applied FRN 21.001 or later for Micrologix 1400 Series B devices. Other configurations do not have direct mitigations.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2020-6980",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-312",
        "name": "Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information"
      },
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        {
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          "text": "If Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) account data is saved in RSLogix 500, a local attacker with access to a victim \u0027s project may be able to gather SMTP server authentication data as it is written to the project file in cleartext.CVE-2020-6980 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 4.0 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).",
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          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-6980"
        },
        {
          "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:N"
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          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004"
          ],
          "url": "https://compatibility.rockwellautomation.com/Pages/MultiProductFindDownloads.aspx?crumb=112\u0026refSoft=1\u0026toggleState=\u0026versions=56181,56502,56710,57096,58298"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
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          "product_ids": [
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            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004"
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For RSLogix 500 software, Rockwell Automation recommends affected users apply v11 or later and use in conjunction with applied FRN 21.001 or later for Micrologix 1400 Series B devices. Other configurations do not have direct mitigations.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
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            "CSAFPID-0004"
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            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
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            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003",
            "CSAFPID-0004"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}


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