Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F FX5U(C) Project File credentials storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F FX5U(C), MELSEC iQ-F FX5UJ, MELSEC iQ-F FX5S, MELSEC iQ-F FX5-ENET and MELSEC iQ-F FX5-ENET-IP. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Project File Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to credentials storage. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-0457. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F FX5U(C), MELSEC iQ-F FX5UJ, MELSEC iQ-F FX5S, MELSEC iQ-F FX5-ENET and MELSEC iQ-F FX5-ENET-IP. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Project File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials storage vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-256. Storing a password in plaintext may result in a system compromise. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Plaintext Storage of a Password vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-F Series FX5U(C) CPU modules all models all versions, FX5UJ CPU modules all models all versions, FX5S CPU modules all models all versions, FX5-ENET all versions and FX5-ENET/IP all versions allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to disclose plaintext credentials stored in project files and login into FTP server or Web server.

The weakness was presented 03/03/2023. The advisory is available at jvn.jp. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-0457 since 01/24/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/03/2023). This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials storage
CWE: CWE-256 / CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/24/2023 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: jvn.jp
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-0457 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-0457
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-222238

Entryinfo

Created: 03/03/2023 07:10
Changes: 03/03/2023 07:10 (47)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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