VDB-144255 · CVE-2019-14930 · GCVE-0-2019-14930

Mitsubishi Electric ME-RTU/INEA ME-RTU hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mitsubishi Electric ME-RTU and INEA ME-RTU. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-14930. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Mitsubishi Electric ME-RTU and INEA ME-RTU (version now known). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered on Mitsubishi Electric ME-RTU devices through 2.02 and INEA ME-RTU devices through 3.0. Undocumented hard-coded user passwords for root, ineaadmin, mitsadmin, and maint could allow an attacker to gain unauthorised access to the RTU. (Also, the accounts ineaadmin and mitsadmin are able to escalate privileges to root without supplying a password due to insecure entries in /etc/sudoers on the RTU.)

The weakness was published 10/28/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-14930 since 08/10/2019. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/10/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

Similar entries are available at VDB-144256, VDB-144254, VDB-144253 and VDB-144252. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Mitsubishi Electric

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License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.8
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/10/2019 🔍
10/28/2019 +79 days 🔍
10/28/2019 +0 days 🔍
09/10/2024 +1779 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mogozobo.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-14930 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-14930
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-144255
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/28/2019 20:10
Updated: 09/10/2024 20:18
Changes: 10/28/2019 20:10 (35), 10/28/2019 20:15 (17), 01/29/2024 10:31 (3), 09/10/2024 20:18 (16)
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