CVE-2017-11402
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
Description
An issue has been discovered on the Belden Hirschmann Tofino Xenon Security Appliance before 03.2.00. Design flaws in OPC classic and in custom netfilter modules allow an attacker to remotely activate rules on the firewall and to connect to any TCP port of a protected asset, thus bypassing the firewall. The attack methodology is a crafted OPC dynamic port shift.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:HAvailabilityHigh
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique Initial Access
References
https://www.belden.com/hubfs/support/security/bulletins/Belden-Security-Bulletin-BSECV-2017-14-1v1-1.pdf
belden.com
https://github.com/airbus-seclab/security-advisories/blob/master/belden/tofino.txt
github.com
https://github.com/airbus-seclab/security-advisories/blob/master/belden/tofino.txt
github.com
Timeline
Published
Nov 20, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026
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