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CRITICAL
CVE-2018-7842
Modicon Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Vuln
Description

A CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability exists in all versions of the Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum, and Modicon Premium which could cause an elevation of privilege by conducting a brute force attack on Modbus parameters sent to the controller.

INFO

Published Date :

May 22, 2019, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:12 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-7842 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-7842 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Schneider-electric modicon_m580_firmware
2 Schneider-electric modicon_m340_firmware
3 Schneider-electric modicon_premium_firmware
4 Schneider-electric modicon_quantum_firmware
5 Schneider-electric modicon_m340
6 Schneider-electric modicon_premium
7 Schneider-electric modicon_quantum
8 Schneider-electric modicon_m580
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-7842.

URL Resource
https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2019-134-11/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0741 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2019-134-11/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0741 Exploit Third Party Advisory

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CVE-2018-7842

Python

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
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Born at : Oct. 17, 2023, 12:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Born at : April 7, 2021, 11:16 a.m. This repo has been linked 1008 different CVEs too.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-7842 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2019-134-11/
    Added Reference https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0741
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 03, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0741 No Types Assigned https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0741 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m340_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:se:modicon_m340:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m340_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m340:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m340:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:h:se:modicon_m340:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:h:se:modicon_m340:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m340:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m340:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:h:se:modicon_m340:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-290
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0741 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2019-134-11/ No Types Assigned https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2019-134-11/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m580_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m580:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_m340_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_m340:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_quantum_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_quantum:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:schneider-electric:modicon_premium_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:modicon_premium:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.85 }} 0.43%

score

0.81993

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