Northern Electric / Power Inverter nep/status/index/1 Request information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Northern Electric and Power Inverter. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the file nep/status/index/1. Executing a manipulation as part of Request can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-12927. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Northern Electric and Power Inverter (version now known). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file nep/status/index/1. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Northern Electric & Power (NEP) inverter devices allow remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via a direct request for the nep/status/index/1 URI.

The bug was discovered 06/26/2018. The weakness was published 06/28/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at seebug.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-12927 since 06/27/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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06/29/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/23/2020 +604 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seebug.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-12927 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12927
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-120070

Entryinfo

Created: 06/29/2018 08:48
Updated: 02/23/2020 08:54
Changes: 06/29/2018 08:48 (56), 02/23/2020 08:54 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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