CVE-2021-20597
What it is
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU modules R08/16/32/120SFCPU firmware versions "26" and prior and Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU modules R08/16/32/120PSFCPU firmware versions "11" and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to login to the target unauthorizedly by sniffing network traffic and obtaining credentials when registering user information in the target or changing a password.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering.
- Exploit odds
- 2.2% 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: 2.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 9.1 CRITICAL (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 2.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Mitsubishielectric r08sfcpu Firmware
- Mitsubishielectric r16sfcpu Firmware
- Mitsubishielectric r32sfcpu Firmware
- Mitsubishielectric r120sfcpu Firmware
- Mitsubishielectric r08psfcpu Firmware
- Mitsubishielectric r16psfcpu Firmware
- Mitsubishielectric r32psfcpu Firmware
- Mitsubishielectric r120psfcpu Firmware
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 9.1
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2021-009_en.pdf
- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2021-009_en.pdf
References
- https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU98578731/index.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-250-01
- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2021-009_en.pdf
- https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU98578731/index.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-250-01
- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2021-009_en.pdf