Hitachi Energy MSM Product

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• CVSS v3 7.5
• ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
• Vendor: Hitachi Energy
• Equipment: MSM Product
• Vulnerability: Reliance on Uncontrolled Component

2. RISK EVALUATION

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could disrupt the functionality of the MSM web interface, steal sensitive user credentials, or cause a denial-of-service condition.

3. TECHNICAL DETAILS

3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS

Hitachi Energy reports multiple open-source software related vulnerabilities in the following MSM product versions: 

• MSM version 2.2 and earlier.

3.2 VULNERABILITY OVERVIEW

3.2.1    RELIANCE ON UNCONTROLLED COMPONENT CWE-1357

Hitachi Energy is aware of public reports of multiple vulnerabilities in open-source software components (JQuery, GoAhead Embedded Webserver, and Curl) used in MSM products. Versions are available to remediate the identified vulnerabilities.

CVE-2015-6584, CVE-2016-7103, CVE-2011-4273, CVE-2018-16842, CVE-2016-9586, CVE-2016-8617, CVE-2016-8618, CVE-2016-8619, CVE-2016-8621, CVE-2016-7167, CVE-2014-3707, CVE-2013-2174, and CVE-2014-0138, have been assigned to these vulnerabilities in open-source components used by MSM. A CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 has been calculated for the worst case; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). 

3.3 BACKGROUND

• CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS: Energy
• COUNTRIES/AREAS DEPLOYED: Worldwide
• COMPANY HEADQUARTERS LOCATION: Switzerland

3.4 RESEARCHER

Hitachi Energy reported to CISA that MSM products were affected by these previously discovered vulnerabilities in various open-source software components.

4. MITIGATIONS

Hitachi Energy recommends the following security practices and firewall configurations to help protect process control networks from outside attacks:

• Physically protect process control systems from unauthorized direct access.
• Separate process control systems from other networks using a firewall system with only the necessary ports open.
• Process control systems should not be used for common internet activities.
• Portable computers and removable storage media should be carefully scanned for malicious software before connecting to a control system.

Hitachi Energy also recommends following the hardening guidelines published by The Center for Internet Security (CIS) to protect hosts connected with MSM. This measure will prevent the lateral movement of the attack vector into MSM via such connected devices. Examples for Windows computers include:

• Securing Microsoft Windows Desktop 
• Securing Microsoft Windows Server

For more information, see Hitachi Energy advisory 8DBD000086

CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities.

CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.



CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.

Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.



Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.

No known public exploits specifically target these vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are exploitable remotely. These vulnerabilities have a low attack complexity.

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