Security restrictions bypass in SIPROTEC 4 and Siprotec Compact - CVE-2016-7114

 

Security restrictions bypass in SIPROTEC 4 and Siprotec Compact - CVE-2016-7114

Published: July 7, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7384
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7114
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions.

The weakness exists due to an error related to EN100 Ethernet module. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP request and bypass access restrictions.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in administrative access to the system.

Affected software

SIPROTEC 4
Siprotec Compact

How to mitigate CVE-2016-7114

Update SIPROTEC 4 to version 4.29.
Update SIPROTEC Compact to version 4.29.


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