Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Mitsubishi Electric products - CVE-2016-8370

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Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Mitsubishi Electric products - CVE-2016-8370

Published: May 21, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18547
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8370
CWE-ID: CWE-327
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of weak cryptographic algorithms. A remote attacker with ability to perform a man-on-the-middle attack can decrypt communication between client and PLC device.


Affected software

MELSEC-Q QJ71E71-B2
MELSEC-Q QJ71E71-B5
MELSEC-Q QJ71E71-100

How to mitigate CVE-2016-8370

Install updates from vendor's website.

MELSEC-Q QJ71E71-100 - update to 18072

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