01 March 2019

KLCERT-19-001: DeltaV Authentication Bypass

Vendor

Emerson

Researcher

Alexander Nochvay, Kaspersky ICS CERT

Timeline

Timeline

  • Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory published

    01 March 2019

  • Patch released

    January 2019

  • Vendor notifies that fix is going to be released

    September 2018

  • Vulnerabilities reported

    September 2017

Description

Authentication bypass in DVBBaseMP_NoMFC.dll in DeltaV.

Exploitability

Remotely

Attack complexity

Low

User interaction

None

Impact

A remote attacker can bypass authentication in DeltaV and expand attack surface.

Existence of exploit

Unknown

Affected products

DeltaV DCS Versions 11.3.1, 11.3.2, 12.3.1, 13.3.1, 14.3, R5.1, R6 and prior.

Mitigation

Vendor mitigation

Emerson recommends users to patch affected products listed below:

  • DeltaV DCS Versions 11.3.1, 11.3.2, 12.3.1, 13.3.1, 14.3, R5.1, and R6

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Timeline

  • Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory published

    01 March 2019

  • Patch released

    January 2019

  • Vendor notifies that fix is going to be released

    September 2018

  • Vulnerabilities reported

    September 2017