Privilege escalation in Schneider Electric Modicon M340 Cpus

CVE-2022-0222

A CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists that could cause a denial of service of the Ethernet communication of the controller when sending a specific request over SNMP. Affected products: Modicon M340 CPUs(BMXP34* versions prior to V3.40), Modicon M340 X80 Ethernet Communication modules:BMXNOE0100 (H), BMXNOE0110 (H), BMXNOR0200H RTU(BMXNOE* all versions)(BMXNOR* versions prior to v1.7 IR24)

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.0th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 47.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-0222: held from 0.006 to 0.006.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0222?
CVE-2022-0222 is a high-severity vulnerability in Schneider Electric Modicon M340 Cpus, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-0222?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.