AVEVA Wonderware System Platform up to 2017 Update 2 IPC Credentials credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in AVEVA Wonderware System Platform up to 2017 Update 2. This affects an unknown function of the component IPC Handler. The manipulation leads to credentials management (Credentials). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-6525. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in AVEVA Wonderware System Platform up to 2017 Update 2. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component IPC Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability (Credentials). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

AVEVA Wonderware System Platform 2017 Update 2 and prior uses an ArchestrA network user account for authentication of system processes and inter-node communications. A user with low privileges could make use of an API to obtain the credentials for this account.

The bug was discovered 01/29/2019. The weakness was released 04/11/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-6525 since 01/22/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 72 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: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Credentials
Class: Credentials management / Credentials
CWE: CWE-255
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/22/2019 🔍
01/29/2019 +7 days 🔍
04/11/2019 +72 days 🔍
04/12/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/29/2023 +1600 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ics-cert.us-cert.gov
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2019-6525 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-6525
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-133361

Entryinfo

Created: 04/12/2019 06:52
Updated: 08/29/2023 08:08
Changes: 04/12/2019 06:52 (54), 05/29/2020 10:23 (2), 08/29/2023 08:08 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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