CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-5543

Session Fixation

Published: Mar 16, 2020 | Modified: Mar 18, 2020
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

TCP function included in the firmware of Mitsubishi Electric MELQIC IU1 series IU1-1M20-D firmware version 1.0.7 and earlier does not properly manage sessions, which allows remote attackers to stop the network functions or execute malware via a specially crafted packet.

Weakness

Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Iu1-1m20-d_firmware Mitsubishielectric * 1.0.7 (including)

Extended Description

Such a scenario is commonly observed when:

Potential Mitigations

References