CVE-2022-29959

MEDIUM5.5

Emerson OpenBSI through 2022-04-29 mishandles credential storage

Published Aug 16, 2022

Modified 1 years ago

Details

Emerson OpenBSI through 2022-04-29 mishandles credential storage. It is an engineering environment for the ControlWave and Bristol Babcock line of RTUs. This environment provides access control functionality through user authentication and privilege management. The credentials for various users are stored insecurely in the SecUsers.ini file by using a simple string transformation rather than a cryptographic mechanism.

References

WEB

https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-221-03

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29959

WEB

https://www.forescout.com/blog/

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector