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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• CVSS v4 8.9
• ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely
• Vendor: Hitachi Energy
• Equipment: MACH SCM
• Vulnerabilities: Improper Control of Generation of Code, Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code

2. RISK EVALUATION

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in an execution of arbitrary code.

3. TECHNICAL DETAILS

3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following versions of MACH SCM, are affected:

• MACH SCM: Versions 4.0 to 4.5.x
• MACH SCM: Versions 4.6 to 4.38

3.2 Vulnerability Overview

3.2.1 IMPROPER CONTROL OF GENERATION OF CODE CWE-94

SCM Software is a client and server application. An Authenticated System manager client can execute LINQ query in the SCM server, for customized filtering. An Authenticated malicious client can send a specially crafted code to skip the validation and execute arbitrary code (RCE) on the SCM Server remotely. Malicious clients can execute any command by using this RCE vulnerability.

CVE-2024-0400 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2024-0400. A base score of 8.9 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L).

3.2.2 IMPROPER NEUTRILIZATION OF DIRECTIVES IN DYNAMICALLY EVALUATED CODE CWE-95

Authenticated List control client can execute the LINQ query in SCM Server to present event as list for operator. An authenticated malicious client can send special LINQ query to execute arbitrary code remotely (RCE) on the SCM Server that an attacker otherwise does not have authorization to do.

CVE-2024-2097 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H ).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2024-2097. A base score of 8.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L).

3.3 BACKGROUND

• CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS: Energy
• COUNTRIES/AREAS DEPLOYED: Worldwide
• COMPANY HEADQUARTERS LOCATION: Switzerland

3.4 RESEARCHER

Hitachi Energy reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.

4. MITIGATIONS

Hitachi Energy has released the following mitigation for CVE-2024-2097:

• MACH SCM: Versions 4.6 to 4.38: Upgrade to MACH SCM Version 4.38.1

Until the updates are made available, Hitachi Energy recommends the following general mitigation factors/workarounds for the products with MACH SCM Versions 4.0 to 4.5.x to address the vulnerability CVE-2024-0400:

Recommended security practices and firewall configurations can help protect a process control network from attacks originating from outside the network including:

• Physically protect process control systems from direct access by unauthorized personnel.
• Do not allow process control systems direct connections to the Internet.
• Separate process control systems from other networks by means of a firewall system that has a minimal number of ports exposed.
• Process control systems should not be used for Internet surfing, instant messaging, or receiving emails.
• Portable computers and removable storage media should be carefully scanned for viruses before they are connected to a control system.

For more information, see Hitachi Energy’s Security Advisories:

• RCE Vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy’s MACH SCM Product

CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.

CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.

CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.

Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.

Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.

No known public exploitation specifically targeting these vulnerabilities has been reported to CISA at this time. These vulnerabilities have a high attack complexity.

5. PUBLICATION HISTORY

• April 25, 2024: Initial Publication

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• CVSS v3 9.1
• ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
• Vendor: Honeywell
• Equipment: Experion PKS, Experion LX, PlantCruise by Experion, Safety Manager, Safety Manager SC
• Vulnerabilities: Exposed Dangerous Method or Function, Absolute Path Traversal, Stack-based Buffer Overflow, Debug Messages Revealing Unnecessary Information, Out-of-bounds Write, Heap-based Buffer Overflow, Binding to an Unrestricted IP Address, Improper Input Validation, Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value, Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer, Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

2. RISK EVALUATION

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could disclose sensitive information, allow privilege escalation, or allow remote code execution.

3. TECHNICAL DETAILS

3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS

Honeywell reports these vulnerabilities affect the following versions of Experion PKS, LX, PlantCruise, Safety Manager, and Safety Manager SC:

• Experion PKS: All releases prior to R510.2 HF14
• Experion PKS: All releases prior to R511.5 TCU4 HF4
• Experion PKS: All releases prior to R520.1 TCU5
• Experion PKS: All releases prior to R520.2 TCU4 HF2
• Experion LX: All releases prior to R511.5 TCU4 HF4
• Experion LX: All releases prior to R520.1 TCU5
• Experion LX: All releases prior to R520.2 TCU4 HF2
• PlantCruise by Experion: All releases prior to R511.5 TCU4 HF4
• PlantCruise by Experion: All releases prior to R520.1 TCU5
• PlantCruise by Experion: All releases prior to R520.2 TCU4 HF2
• Safety Manager: R15x, R16x up to and including R162.10
• Safety Manager SC: R210.X, R211.1, R211.2, R212.1

3.2 Vulnerability Overview

3.2.1 Exposed Dangerous Method or Function CWE-749

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to modify files on Experion controllers or SMSC S300. This exploit could be used to write a file that may result in unexpected behavior based on configuration changes or updating of files that could result in subsequent execution of a malicious application if triggered.

CVE-2023-5389 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2023-5389. A base score of 8.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.2.2 Absolute Path Traversal CWE-36

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to read from the Experion controllers or SMSC S300. This exploit could be used to read files from the controller that may expose limited information from the device.

CVE-2023-5390 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2023-5390. A base score of 6.9 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.2.3 Stack-based Buffer Overflow CWE-121

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability against the Experion controller, ControlEdge PLC, Safety Manager or SMSC S300 could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition or perform a remote code execution over the network using specially crafted messages.

CVE-2023-5407 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.4 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2023-5407. A base score of 8.3 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.2.4 Debug Messages Revealing Unnecessary Information CWE-1295

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability against the Experion controller, ControlEdge PLC, Safety Manager or SMSC S300 could allow an attacker to extract more information from memory over the network than is required.

CVE-2023-5392 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2023-5392. A base score of 8.7 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.2.5 Out-of-bounds Write CWE-787

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability against the Experion Servers or Stations by manipulation messages from a controller could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition or perform a remote code execution over the network using specially crafted messages.

CVE-2023-5406 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2023-5406. A base score of 8.2 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.2.6 Out-of-bounds Write CWE-787

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability against the Experion Servers or Stations could result in an information leak when an error is generated.

CVE-2023-5405 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2023-5405. A base score of 6.9 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.2.7 Heap-based Buffer Overflow CWE-122

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities against the Experion Servers or Stations could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition or perform a remote code execution over the network using specially crafted messages.

CVE-2023-5400 and CVE-2023-5404 have been assigned to these vulnerabilities. A CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2023-5400 and CVE-2023-5404. A base score of 9.2 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.2.8 Stack-based Buffer Overflow CWE-121

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities against the Experion Servers or Stations could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition or perform a remote code execution over the network using specially crafted messages.

CVE-2023-5395, CVE-2023-5401 and CVE-2023-5403 have been assigned to these vulnerabilities. A CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2023-5395, CVE-2023-5401 and CVE-2023-5403. A base score of 9.2 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.2.9 Binding to an Unrestricted IP Address CWE-1327

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability against the Experion Servers or Stations could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition over the network using specially crafted messages.

CVE-2023-5398 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2023-5398. A base score of 8.2 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.2.10 Improper Input Validation CWE-20

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability against the Experion Servers or Stations could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition or perform a remote code execution over the network using specially crafted messages.

CVE-2023-5397 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2023-5397. A base score of 9.2 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.2.11 Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value CWE-805

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability against the Experion Servers or Stations could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition or perform a remote code execution over the network using specially crafted messages.

CVE-2023-5396 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.4 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2023-5396. A base score of 8.3 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.2.12 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer CWE-119

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability against the Experion Servers or Stations could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition or perform a remote code execution over the network using specially crafted messages.

CVE-2023-5394 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.4 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2023-5394. A base score of 8.3 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.2.13 Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency CWE-130

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability against the Experion Servers or Stations could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition or perform a remote code execution over the network using specially crafted messages.

CVE-2023-5393 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2023-5393. A base score of 9.2 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.3 BACKGROUND

• CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS: Chemical, Critical Manufacturing, Energy, Water and Wastewater Systems
• COUNTRIES/AREAS DEPLOYED: Worldwide
• COMPANY HEADQUARTERS LOCATION: United States

3.4 RESEARCHER

Claroty and Armis reported these vulnerabilities to Honeywell.

4. MITIGATIONS

Honeywell fixed the reported issues and advises users to upgrade to version referenced in the Security Notice or CVE record.
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities. Specifically, users should:

• Ensure the least-privilege user principle is followed.
• Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems, and ensure they are not accessible from the Internet.
• Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolate them from business networks.
• When remote access is required, use secure methods, such as virtual private networks (VPNs), recognizing VPNs may have vulnerabilities and should be updated to the most current version available. Also recognize VPN is only as secure as its connected devices.

CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities. CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.

CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.

CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.

Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.

Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.

No known public exploitation specifically targeting these vulnerabilities has been reported to CISA at this time.

5. UPDATE HISTORY

• April 25, 2024: Initial Publication

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• CVSS v4 7.0
• ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
• Vendor: Hitachi Energy
• Equipment: RTU500 Series
• Vulnerabilities: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

2. RISK EVALUATION

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product’s environment.

3. TECHNICAL DETAILS

3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following versions of Hitachi’s RTU500 series CMU Firmware are affected:

• RTU500 series CMU Firmware: Version 12.0.1 – 12.0.14
• RTU500 series CMU Firmware: Version 12.2.1 – 12.2.11
• RTU500 series CMU Firmware: Version 12.4.1 – 12.4.11
• RTU500 series CMU Firmware: Version 12.6.1 – 12.6.9
• RTU500 series CMU Firmware: Version 12.7.1 – 12.7.6
• RTU500 series CMU Firmware: Version 13.2.1 – 13.2.6
• RTU500 series CMU Firmware: Version 13.4.1 – 13.4.4
• RTU500 series CMU Firmware: Version 13.5.1 – 13.5.3

3.2 Vulnerability Overview

3.2.1 UNRESTRICTED UPLOAD OF FILE WITH DANGEROUS TYPE CWE-434

A vulnerability exists in the stb-language file handling that affects the RTU500 series product versions listed below. A malicious actor could print random memory content in the RTU500 system log, if an authorized user uploads a specially crafted stb-language file.

CVE-2024-1531 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.2 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2024-1531. A base score of 7.0 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.2.2 UNRESTRICTED UPLOAD OF FILE WITH DANGEROUS TYPE CWE-434

A vulnerability exists in the stb-language file handling that affects the RTU500 series product versions listed below. A malicious actor could enforce diagnostic texts being displayed as empty strings, if an authorized user uploads a specially crafted stb-language file.

CVE-2024-1532 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2024-1532. A base score of 6.9 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.3 BACKGROUND

• CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS: Energy
• COUNTRIES/AREAS DEPLOYED: Worldwide
• COMPANY HEADQUARTERS LOCATION: Switzerland

3.4 RESEARCHER

Hitachi Energy reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.

4. MITIGATIONS

Hitachi Energy has released the following mitigations for CVE-2024-1531 and CVE-2024-1532:

• RTU500 series CMU Firmware Version 12.7.1 – 12.7.6: Update to CMU Firmware Version 12.7.7
• RTU500 series CMU Firmware Version 13.2.1 – 13.2.6: Update to CMU Firmware Version 13.2.7

Until the updates are made available, Hitachi Energy recommends the following general mitigation factors/workarounds for the products with RTU500 series CMU firmware Versions 12.0.1 – 12.0.14, 12.2.1 – 12.2.11, 12.4.1 – 12.4.11, 12.6.1 – 12.6.9, 13.4.1 – 13.4.4, and 13.5.1 – 13.5.3 to address the vulnerabilities CVE-2024-1531 and CVE-2024-1532:

• Recommended security practices and firewall configurations can help protect a process control network from attacks originating from outside the network including.
• Physically protect process control systems from direct access by unauthorized personnel.
• Do not allow process control systems direct connections to the Internet.
• Separate process control systems from other networks by means of a firewall system that has a minimal number of ports exposed.
• Process control systems should not be used for Internet surfing, instant messaging, or receiving emails.
• Portable computers and removable storage media should be carefully scanned for viruses before they are connected to a control system.

For more information, see Hitachi Energy’s Security Advisories:

• Cybersecurity Advisory Multiple Vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy’s RTU500 series Product

CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.

CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.

CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.

Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.

Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.

No known public exploitation specifically targeting these vulnerabilities has been reported to CISA at this time.

5. PUBLICATION HISTORY

• April 25, 2024: Initial Publication

As of January 10, 2023, CISA will no longer be updating ICS security advisories for Siemens product vulnerabilities beyond the initial advisory. For the most up-to-date information on vulnerabilities in this advisory, please see Siemens’ ProductCERT Security Advisories (CERT Services | Services | Siemens Global). 
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• CVSS v4 10.0
• ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
• Vendor: Siemens
• Equipment: RUGGEDCOM APE1808
• Vulnerability: Command Injection

2. RISK EVALUATION

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

3. TECHNICAL DETAILS

3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following versions of Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808, an application hosting platform, are affected:

• RUGGEDCOM APE1808: All versions with Palo Alto Networks Virtual NGFW configured with GlobalProtect gateway or GlobalProtect portal (or both).

3.2 Vulnerability Overview

3.2.1 IMPROPER NEUTRALIZATION OF SPECIAL ELEMENTS USED IN A COMMAND (‘COMMAND INJECTION’) CWE-77

A command injection as a result of arbitrary file creation vulnerability in the GlobalProtect feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software for specific PAN-OS versions and distinct feature configurations may enable an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the firewall.

CVE-2024-3400 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3.1 base score of 10.0 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2024-3400. A base score of 10.0 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H).

3.3 BACKGROUND

• CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS: Critical Manufacturing
• COUNTRIES/AREAS DEPLOYED: Worldwide
• COMPANY HEADQUARTERS LOCATION: Germany

3.4 RESEARCHER

Siemens reported this vulnerability to CISA.

4. MITIGATIONS

Siemens has identified the following specific workarounds and mitigations users can apply to reduce risk:

RUGGEDCOM APE1808:

• Contact customer support to receive patch and update information.
• Disable GlobalProtect gateway and GlobalProtect portal; note that these features are disabled by default in RUGGEDCOM APE1808 deployments.
• Customers with a Threat Prevention subscription can block attacks for this vulnerability using Threat IDs 95187, 95189, and 95191 (available in Applications and Threats content version 8836-8695 and later). For further instruction see Palo Alto Network’s upstream notification (https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-3400).

As a general security measure, Siemens recommends protecting network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. To operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends configuring the environment according to Siemens’ operational guidelines for industrial security and following recommendations in the product manuals.

Additional information on industrial security by Siemens can be found on the Siemens industrial security webpage.

For more information see the associated Siemens security advisory SSA-750274 in HTML and CSAF.

CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability, such as:

• Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems, ensuring they are not accessible from the internet.
• Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolating them from business networks.
• When remote access is required, use more secure methods, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), recognizing VPNs may have vulnerabilities and should be updated to the most current version available. Also recognize VPN is only as secure as the connected devices.

CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.

CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.

CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.

Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.

Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.

No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time.

5. UPDATE HISTORY

• April 25, 2024: Initial Publication

Today, Cisco released security updates to address ArcaneDoor—exploitation of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software. A cyber threat actor could exploit vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-20353, CVE-2024-20359, CVE-2024-20358) to take control of an affected system. 

Cisco has reported active exploitation of CVE 2024-20353 and CVE-2024-20359 and CISA has added these vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. 

CISA strongly encourages users and administrators to apply the necessary updates, hunt for any malicious activity, report positive findings to CISA, and review the following articles for more information:

• Cisco Blog: ArcaneDoor – New espionage-focused campaign found targeting perimeter network devices
• Cisco Event Response: Attacks Against Cisco Firewall Platforms
• Canadian Centre for Cyber Security: Cyber Activity Impacting CISCO ASA VPNs