CVE-2018-5471
What it is
A Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information issue was discovered in Belden Hirschmann RS, RSR, RSB, MACH100, MACH1000, MACH4000, MS, and OCTOPUS Classic Platform Switches. A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability in the web interface has been identified, which may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information through a successful man-in-the-middle attack.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure.
- Exploit odds
- 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.0% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.9 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.0% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-319 · Cleartext transmission
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Belden Hirschmann rs20-0900mmm2tdau
- Belden Hirschmann rs20-0900nnm4tdau
- Belden Hirschmann rs20-0900vvm2tdau
- Belden Hirschmann rs20-1600l2l2sdau
- Belden Hirschmann rs20-1600l2m2sdau
- Belden Hirschmann rs20-1600l2s2sdau
- Belden Hirschmann rs20-1600l2t1sdau
- Belden Hirschmann rs20-1600m2m2sdau
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 5.9
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Fix and advisories
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-065-01
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-065-01