Hitachi Energy RTU500 up to 13.7.5 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Hitachi Energy RTU500 up to 13.4.4/13.5.3/13.6.1/13.7.4/13.7.5. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-12169. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Hitachi Energy RTU500 up to 13.4.4/13.5.3/13.6.1/13.7.4/13.7.5. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability exists in RTU500 IEC 60870-5-104 controlled station functionality and IEC 61850 functionality, that allows an attacker performing a specific attack sequence to restart the affected CMU. This vulnerability only applies, if secure communication using IEC 62351-3 (TLS) is enabled.

It is possible to read the advisory at publisher.hitachienergy.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-12169 since 12/04/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 13.7.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: RTU500 13.7.6

Timelineinfo

12/04/2024 🔍
03/25/2025 +111 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: publisher.hitachienergy.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-12169 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-12169
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-301239

Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2025 14:51
Changes: 03/25/2025 14:51 (76)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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