General Electric iNET/iNET II up to 8.2.x Device Configuration Shell backdoor

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in General Electric iNET and iNET II up to 8.2.x. Affected is an unknown function of the component Device Configuration Shell. The manipulation leads to backdoor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-24119. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in General Electric iNET and iNET II up to 8.2.x. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Device Configuration Shell. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a backdoor vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-912. The product contains functionality that is not documented, not part of the specification, and not accessible through an interface or command sequence that is obvious to the product's users or administrators. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Certain General Electric Renewable Energy products have a hidden feature for unauthenticated remote access to the device configuration shell. This affects iNET and iNET II before 8.3.0.

The weakness was published 12/26/2022 as icsa-22-090-06. The advisory is shared at cisa.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-24119 since 01/28/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/12/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1588.001 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 8.3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Backdoor
CWE: CWE-912
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iNET/iNET II 8.3.0

Timelineinfo

01/28/2022 🔍
12/26/2022 +332 days 🔍
12/26/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/12/2025 +838 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: icsa-22-090-06
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-24119 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-24119
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-216785

Entryinfo

Created: 12/26/2022 07:57 AM
Updated: 04/12/2025 06:49 AM
Changes: 12/26/2022 07:57 AM (41), 04/12/2025 06:49 AM (26)
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