CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-6435

Improper Access Control

Published: Jan 24, 2013 | Modified: Jun 30, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

When an affected product receives a valid CIP message from an unauthorized or unintended source to Port 2222/TCP, Port 2222/UDP, Port 44818/TCP, or Port 44818/UDP that instructs the CPU to stop logic execution and enter a fault state, a DoS can occur. This situation could cause loss of availability and a disruption of communication with other connected devices.

Rockwell Automation EtherNet/IP products; 1756-ENBT, 1756-EWEB, 1768-ENBT, and 1768-EWEB communication modules; CompactLogix L32E and L35E controllers; 1788-ENBT FLEXLogix adapter; 1794-AENTR FLEX I/O EtherNet/IP adapter; ControlLogix 18 and earlier; CompactLogix 18 and earlier; GuardLogix 18 and earlier; SoftLogix 18 and earlier; CompactLogix controllers 19 and earlier; SoftLogix controllers 19 and earlier; ControlLogix controllers 20 and earlier; GuardLogix controllers 20 and earlier; and MicroLogix 1100 and 1400

Weakness

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Controllogix_controllers Rockwellautomation * 20 (including)
Guardlogix_controllers Rockwellautomation * 20 (including)
Micrologix Rockwellautomation * 1100 (including)
Micrologix Rockwellautomation * 1400 (including)
Softlogix_controllers Rockwellautomation * 19 (including)
1756-enbt Rockwellautomation - (including) - (including)
1756-eweb Rockwellautomation - (including) - (including)
1768-enbt Rockwellautomation - (including) - (including)
1768-eweb Rockwellautomation - (including) - (including)
1794-aentr_flex_i/o_ethernet/ip_adapter Rockwellautomation - (including) - (including)
Compactlogix Rockwellautomation * 18 (including)
Compactlogix_controllers Rockwellautomation * 19 (including)
Compactlogix_l32e_controller Rockwellautomation - (including) - (including)
Compactlogix_l35e_controller Rockwellautomation - (including) - (including)
Controllogix Rockwellautomation * 18 (including)
Flexlogix_1788-enbt_adapter Rockwellautomation - (including) - (including)
Guardlogix Rockwellautomation * 18 (including)
Softlogix Rockwellautomation * 18 (including)

Extended Description

Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:

When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses:

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

References