Schneider Electric Modicon M580 Modbus cleartext transmission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Schneider Electric Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Premium and Modicon Quantum. Affected is an unknown function of the component Modbus. Such manipulation leads to cleartext transmission. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-6845. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Schneider Electric Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Premium and Modicon Quantum (SCADA Software) (affected version not known). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Modbus. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext transmission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-319. The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability exists in Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Premium , Modicon Quantum (all firmware versions), which could cause the disclosure of information when transferring applications to the controller using Modbus TCP protocol.

The weakness was published 10/29/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at schneider-electric.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-6845 since 01/25/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1040.

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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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cleartext transmission
CWE: CWE-319 / CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

01/25/2019 🔍
10/29/2019 +277 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: schneider-electric.com

Advisory: schneider-electric.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-6845 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-6845
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-144440

Entryinfo

Created: 10/30/2019 07:40
Updated: 10/30/2019 07:45
Changes: 10/30/2019 07:40 (37), 10/30/2019 07:45 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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