Improper Authentication in Hitachi Energy Asset Suite



Risk Low
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-4816
CWE-ID CWE-287
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Asset Suite
Server applications / SCADA systems

Vendor Hitachi Energy

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Improper Authentication

EUVDB-ID: #VU81202

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4816

CWE-ID: CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in when processing authentication requests in the Equipment Tag Out authentication. A remote administrator can bypass authentication process and gain unauthorized access to the application.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Asset Suite: 9.6.3.11.1 - 9.6.4

CPE2.3 External links

https://images.go.hitachienergy.com/Web/ABBEnterpriseSoftware/%7B70b3d323-4866-42e1-8a75-58996729c1d4%7D_8DBD000172-VU-2023-23_Asset_Suite_Tagout_vulnerability_Rev1.pdf
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-269-02


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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