VDB-128671 · CVE-2018-18995 · BID 106247

ABB Pluto Safety PLC Gateway Ethernet GATE-E2 Telnet/Web missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in ABB Pluto Safety PLC Gateway Ethernet GATE-E1 and Pluto Safety PLC Gateway Ethernet GATE-E2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Telnet/Web. This manipulation causes missing authentication. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-18995. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ABB Pluto Safety PLC Gateway Ethernet GATE-E1 and Pluto Safety PLC Gateway Ethernet GATE-E2 (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Telnet/Web. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Pluto Safety PLC Gateway Ethernet devices ABB GATE-E1 and GATE-E2 all versions do not allow authentication to be configured on administrative telnet or web interfaces, which could enable various effects vectors, including conducting device resets, reading or modifying registers, and changing configuration settings such as IP addresses.

The bug was discovered 12/18/2018. The weakness was released 01/03/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-18995 since 11/06/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 16 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Proper firewalling of is able to address this issue.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 106247†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-128672. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

11/06/2018 🔍
12/18/2018 +42 days 🔍
12/18/2018 +0 days 🔍
01/03/2019 +16 days 🔍
01/03/2019 +0 days 🔍
01/04/2019 +1 days 🔍
04/26/2020 +478 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-18995 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18995
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-128671
SecurityFocus: 106247 - ABB GATE-E2 ICSA-18-352-01 Authentication Bypass and Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/04/2019 12:24
Updated: 04/26/2020 07:39
Changes: 01/04/2019 12:24 (60), 04/26/2020 07:39 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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