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| KL-IDS | KLCERT-20-013 |
| CVE-IDS | CVE-2020-10628 |
| Publication date | 2020.06.23 |
| Researcher | Nikolay Sklyarenko, KICS for Networks Industrial PDK |
| Description | Unencrypted password transmission on the network in Honeywell ControlEdge PLC and RTU. |
| Impact | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows sending commands to the affected devices. |
| Severity | |
| CVSS v3 Base Score: | 5.9 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Exploitability | Remotely |
| Difficulty | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Existence of exploit | Unknown |
| Affected products | |
| Affected products | Honeywell PLC versions R130.2, R140, R150, and R151 Honeywell RTU versions R101, R110, R140, R150, and R151 |
| Mitigation | |
| Vendor mitigation | Honeywell provided detailed information for mitigation on the insecure communication in Control Edge PLC\RTU. Please access the support document SN2020-04-17-01-ConotrolEdge-PLC-and- and-RTU-Secure-Communication (login required). Download this document and follow the step by step instructions. The user must be logged in to access the security notification. |
| Timeline | Nov 2019 – Vulnerabilities reported Jun 2020 – Vendor releases patch Jun 2020 – Advisory published |