Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk ThinManager up to 14.0.0 Messages missing authentication

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk ThinManager up to 14.0.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Messages Handler. This manipulation causes missing authentication. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-10386. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk ThinManager up to 14.0.0 and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Messages Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

CVE-2024-10386 IMPACT An authentication vulnerability exists in the affected product. The vulnerability could allow a threat actor with network access to send crafted messages to the device, potentially resulting in database manipulation.

It is possible to read the advisory at rockwellautomation.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-10386 since 10/25/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 11/19/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211580 (Rockwell Automation ThinManager ThinServer Missing Authentication (CVE-2024-10386)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (211580). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Automation Software

Vendor

• Rockwell Automation

Name

• FactoryTalk ThinManager

Version

• 11.2.0
• 11.2.1
• 11.2.2
• 11.2.3
• 11.2.4
• 11.2.5
• 11.2.6
• 11.2.7
• 11.2.8
• 11.2.9
• 12.0.0
• 12.0.1
• 12.0.2
• 12.0.3
• 12.0.4
• 12.0.5
• 12.0.6
• 12.0.7
• 12.1.0
• 12.1.1
• 12.1.2
• 12.1.3
• 12.1.4
• 12.1.5
• 12.1.6
• 12.1.7
• 12.1.8
• 13.0.0
• 13.0.1
• 13.0.2
• 13.0.3
• 13.0.4
• 13.0.5
• 13.1.0
• 13.1.1
• 13.1.2
• 13.1.3
• 13.2.0
• 13.2.1
• 13.2.2
• 14.0

License

• commercial

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