Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource in CompactRIO - CVE-2020-25191
Published: December 7, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU48799
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-25191
CWE-ID: CWE-732
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: National Instruments Corp.
Affected software:
CompactRIO
CompactRIO
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect permissions are set by default for an API entry-point of a specific service. A remote attacker can trigger a function that could reboot the device.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-25191
Install updates from vendor's website.