VDB-152421 · CVE-2020-5527 · GCVE-0-2020-5527

Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R/MELSEC iQ-F/MELSEC Q/MELSEC L/MELSEC F Transmission Port resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R, MELSEC iQ-F, MELSEC Q, MELSEC L and MELSEC F and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Transmission Port. Performing a manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2020-5527. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R, MELSEC iQ-F, MELSEC Q, MELSEC L and MELSEC F. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Transmission Port. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

When MELSOFT transmission port (UDP/IP) of Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series (all versions), MELSEC iQ-F series (all versions), MELSEC Q series (all versions), MELSEC L series (all versions), and MELSEC F series (all versions) receives massive amount of data via unspecified vectors, resource consumption occurs and the port does not process the data properly. As a result, it may fall into a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The vendor states this vulnerability only affects Ethernet communication functions.

The weakness was released 03/30/2020. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-5527 since 01/06/2020. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

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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Productinfo

Vendor

Mitsubishi Electric

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License

commercial

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/06/2020 🔍
03/30/2020 +84 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-5527 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-5527
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-152421

Entryinfo

Created: 03/30/2020 14:19
Updated: 03/30/2020 14:24
Changes: 03/30/2020 14:19 (34), 03/30/2020 14:24 (17)
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