Vulnerability in Arm Arm7
CVE-2018-5400
The Auto-Maskin products utilize an undocumented custom protocol to set up Modbus communications with other devices without validating those devices. The originating device sends a message in plaintext, 48:65:6c:6c:6f:20:57:6f:72:6c:64, "Hello World" over UDP ports 44444-44446 to the broadcast address for the LAN. Without verification devices respond to any of these broadcast messages on the LAN with a plaintext reply over UDP containing the device model and firmware version. Following this exchange the devices allow Modbus transmissions between the two devices on the standard Modbus port 502 TCP. Impact: An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to send arbitrary messages to any DCU or RP device through spoofing or replay attacks as long as they have access to the network. Affected releases are Auto-Maskin DCU-210E RP-210E: Versions prior to 3.7 on ARMv7.
EPSS: 0.007 (51.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cret@cert.org (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-5400?
- CVE-2018-5400 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Arm Arm7, classified under Origin Validation Error. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2018-10-08.
- How severe is CVE-2018-5400?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.