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CVE-2018-7791 CRITICAL

Published: 2018-08-29 | Last Modified: 2026-06-17 | Status: Modified

Description

A Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric's Modicon M221 product (all references, all versions prior to firmware V1.6.2.0). The vulnerability allows unauthorized users to overwrite the original password with their password. If an attacker exploits this vulnerability and overwrite the password, the attacker can upload the original program from the PLC.

Additional Descriptions (1)

Existe una vulnerabilidad de permisos, privilegios y control de acceso en el producto Modicon M221, de Schneider Electric (todas las referencias y todas las versiones anteriores al firmware V1.6.2.0). La vulnerabilidad permite que usuarios no autorizados sobrescriban la contraseña original con su contraseña. Si un atacante explota la vulnerabilidad y sobrescribe la contraseña, el atacante puede subir el programa original desde el PLC.

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactHIGH
Integrity ImpactHIGH
Availability ImpactHIGH

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Impact Score: 5.9

Base Score: 7.5 (HIGH)

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access VectorNETWORK
Access ComplexityLOW
AuthenticationNONE
Confidentiality ImpactPARTIAL
Integrity ImpactPARTIAL
Availability ImpactPARTIAL

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 10.0

Impact Score: 6.4

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Primary
en CWE-287
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 Secondary
en CWE-284

Affected Products

Vendor Product Version Update Type
schneider-electric modicon_m221_firmware * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7e60eb26a980> Operating System

Affected Configurations

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m221_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
No cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m221:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

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