3.3
LOW
CVE-2020-6980
Rockwell Automation MicroLogix SMTP Authority Disclosure
Description

Rockwell Automation MicroLogix 1400 Controllers Series B v21.001 and prior, Series A, all versions, MicroLogix 1100 Controller, all versions, RSLogix 500 Software v12.001 and prior, If Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) account data is saved in RSLogix 500, a local attacker with access to a victim’s project may be able to gather SMTP server authentication data as it is written to the project file in cleartext.

INFO

Published Date :

March 16, 2020, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 20, 2020, 2:28 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-6980 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 Rockwellautomation micrologix_1100_firmware
2 Rockwellautomation micrologix_1400_b_firmware
3 Rockwellautomation micrologix_1400_a_firmware
4 Rockwellautomation rslogix_500
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-070-06 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Mar. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-070-06 No Types Assigned https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-070-06 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Added CWE NIST CWE-312
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:micrologix_1400_a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:micrologix_1400_b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 21.001 OR cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:micrologix_1400:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:micrologix_1100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:rockwellautomation:micrologix_1100:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:rslogix_500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 12.001
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.04 }} 0.00%

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