CVE-2018-14829

Published: Sep 20, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-121

9.8CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

Description

Rockwell Automation RSLinx Classic Versions 4.00.01 and prior. This vulnerability may allow a remote threat actor to intentionally send a malformed CIP packet to Port 44818, causing the software application to stop responding and crash. This vulnerability also has the potential to exploit a buffer overflow condition, which may allow the threat actor to remotely execute arbitrary code.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-121 CWE-119

Affected Products

Rockwell Automation

commercial·USaka armorstart st, arena®, arena simulation

RSLinx Classic

ICS / OT / IoT

rockwellautomation

commercial·USaka rockwell automation

rslinx

ICS / OT / IoT

Rockwell Automation Inc.

commercial·USaka thinmanager, guardlogix 5580, rockwell automation arena

RSLinx Classic

ICS / OT / IoT

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-263-02

ics-cert.us-cert.gov

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-26

tenable.com

https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2018-14829/

cxsecurity.com

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