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CRITICAL
CVE-2020-14496
Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation Engineering Software Privilege Escalation and Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Description

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability for multiple Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation Engineering Software Products of various versions could allow an attacker to escalate privilege and execute malicious programs, which could cause a denial-of-service condition, and allow information to be disclosed, tampered with, and/or destroyed.

INFO

Published Date :

May 19, 2022, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 7, 2022, 9:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-14496 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 Mitsubishielectric gx_works3
2 Mitsubishielectric gt_designer3
3 Mitsubishielectric gt_softgot2000
4 Mitsubishielectric cpu_module_logging_configuration_tool
5 Mitsubishielectric cw_configurator
6 Mitsubishielectric em_configurator
7 Mitsubishielectric gx_logviewer
8 Mitsubishielectric gx_works2
9 Mitsubishielectric m_commdtm-hart
10 Mitsubishielectric m_commdtm-io-link
11 Mitsubishielectric melfa-works
12 Mitsubishielectric melsoft_fielddeviceconfigurator
13 Mitsubishielectric melsoft_navigator
14 Mitsubishielectric mi_configurator
15 Mitsubishielectric mr_configurator2
16 Mitsubishielectric mt_works2
17 Mitsubishielectric rt_toolbox2
18 Mitsubishielectric rt_toolbox3
19 Mitsubishielectric data_transfer
20 Mitsubishielectric ezsocket
21 Mitsubishielectric fr_configurator2
22 Mitsubishielectric gt_softgot1000
23 Mitsubishielectric melsec_wincpu_setting_utility
24 Mitsubishielectric mh11_settingtool_version2
25 Mitsubishielectric mx_component
26 Mitsubishielectric network_interface_board_cc_ie_control_utility
27 Mitsubishielectric network_interface_board_cc_ie_field_utility
28 Mitsubishielectric network_interface_board_mneth_utility
29 Mitsubishielectric px_developer
30 Mitsubishielectric setting\/monitoring_tools_for_the_c_controller_module
31 Mitsubishielectric motorizer
32 Mitsubishielectric network_interface_board_cc-link_ver.2_utility
33 Mitsubishielectric network_interface_board_cc-link_ver.2_utility_firmware
34 Mitsubishielectric network_interface_board_cc_ie_control_utility_firmware
35 Mitsubishielectric network_interface_board_cc_ie_field_utility_firmware
36 Mitsubishielectric network_interface_board_mneth_utility_firmware
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-2020-14496.

URL Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-20-212-02 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-14496 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-14496 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Jun. 07, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    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.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-20-212-02 No Types Assigned https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-20-212-02 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:cpu_module_logging_configuration_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.106k *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:cw_configurator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.011m *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:data_transfer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.41t *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:em_configurator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.015r *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:ezsocket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.6 *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:fr_configurator2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.23z *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:gt_designer3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.236w *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:gt_softgot1000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.245f *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:gt_softgot2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.236w *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:gx_logviewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.106k *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:gx_works2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.595v *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:gx_works3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.065t *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:m_commdtm-hart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.01b *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:m_commdtm-io-link:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.04e *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:melfa-works:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.4 *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:melsoft_fielddeviceconfigurator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.04e *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:melsoft_navigator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.70y *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:mh11_settingtool_version2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.003d *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:motorizer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.010l *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:mr_configurator2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.106l *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:mt_works2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.160s *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:mx_component:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.20w *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:network_interface_board_cc-link_ver.2_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.24a *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:network_interface_board_cc_ie_control_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.30g *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:network_interface_board_cc_ie_field_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.17t *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:network_interface_board_mneth_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 35m *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:px_developer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.53f *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:rt_toolbox2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.73b *cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:rt_toolbox3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.80j
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

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-14496 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-14496 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.19 }} 0.01%

score

0.56994

percentile

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