VDB-205117 · CVE-2022-29963 · icsa-22-181-03

Emerson DeltaV Distributed Control System up to 2022-04-29 Telnet Service hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Emerson DeltaV Distributed Control System up to 2022-04-29 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Telnet Service. This manipulation causes hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-29963. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Emerson DeltaV Distributed Control System up to 2022-04-29. It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Telnet Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Emerson DeltaV Distributed Control System (DCS) controllers and IO cards through 2022-04-29 misuse passwords. TELNET on port 18550 provides access to a root shell via hardcoded credentials. This affects S-series, P-series, and CIOC/EIOC nodes. NOTE: this is different from CVE-2014-2350.

The weakness was disclosed 07/27/2022 as icsa-22-181-03. The advisory is shared at cisa.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-29963 since 04/29/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/27/2022). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1110.001 for this issue.

Proper firewalling of is able to address this issue.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Emerson

Name

DeltaV Distributed Control System

Version

2022-04-29

License

commercial

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.2
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NVD Base Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

04/29/2022 🔍
07/27/2022 +89 days 🔍
07/27/2022 +0 days 🔍
08/27/2022 +31 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: icsa-22-181-03
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-29963 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-29963
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-205117

Entryinfo

Created: 07/27/2022 10:46
Updated: 08/27/2022 14:41
Changes: 07/27/2022 10:46 (40), 08/27/2022 14:41 (11)
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