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CRITICAL
CVE-2018-7847
Modicon Industrial Controller Modbus Improper Access Control Vulnerability
Description

A CWE-284: Improper Access Control vulnerability exists in all versions of the Modicon M580, Modicon M340, Modicon Quantum, and Modicon Premium which could cause denial of service or potential code execution by overwriting configuration settings of the controller over Modbus.

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
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-7847 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
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-7847 vulnerability over time.

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  • 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-2018-0742
    Added Reference https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0743
  • 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-2018-0742 No Types Assigned https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0742 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0743 No Types Assigned https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0743 Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-284
    Added CWE NIST CWE-287
    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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0743 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0742 [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-284
    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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

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

2.22 }} 0.85%

score

0.89137

percentile

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