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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2020.2176
        Advisory (icsa-20-175-01) Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R,
                   iQ-F, Q, L and FX Series CPU Modules
                               24 June 2020

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC
Publisher:         US-CERT
Operating System:  Network Appliance
Impact/Access:     Denial of Service              -- Remote/Unauthenticated
                   Provide Misleading Information -- Remote/Unauthenticated
                   Access Confidential Data       -- Remote/Unauthenticated
                   Unauthorised Access            -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2020-14476  

Original Bulletin: 
   https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-175-01

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ICS Advisory (ICSA-20-175-01)

Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R, iQ-F, Q, L and FX Series CPU Modules

Original release date: June 23, 2020

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  o CVSS v3 10.0
  o ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low skill level to exploit
  o Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric
  o Equipment: MELSEC
  o Vulnerability: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

2. RISK EVALUATION

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow information
disclosure, information tampering, unauthorized operation, or a
denial-of-service condition.

3. TECHNICAL DETAILS

3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS

Mitsubishi Electric reports the vulnerability affects the following MELSEC
products:

  o MELSEC iQ-R, iQ-F, Q, L and FX series CPU modules, all versions

3.2 VULNERABILITY OVERVIEW

3.2.1 CLEARTEXT TRANSMISSION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION CWE-319

There is a vulnerability due to cleartext communication between Mitsubishi
Electric MELSEC iQ-R, iQ-F, Q, L, and FX series CPU modules, and GX Works3/GX
Works2. There are risks of communication data eavesdropping/tampering,
unauthorized operation, and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks from attackers.

CVE-2020-14476 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of
10.0 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is ( AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H
/I:H/A:H ).

3.3 BACKGROUND

  o CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS: Critical Manufacturing
  o COUNTRIES/AREAS DEPLOYED: Worldwide
  o COMPANY HEADQUARTERS LOCATION: Japan

3.4 RESEARCHER

Shunkai Zhu, Rongkuan Ma and Peng Cheng from NESC Lab of Zhejiang University
reported this vulnerability to Mitsubishi Electric.

4. MITIGATIONS

Mitsubishi Electric recommends encrypting the communication path by setting up
a VPN to mitigate the impact of this vulnerability.

CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of
exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:

  o Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems,
    and ensure that they are not accessible from the Internet .
  o Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls, and
    isolate them from the business network.
  o When remote access is required, use secure methods, such as Virtual Private
    Networks (VPNs), recognizing that VPNs may have vulnerabilities and should
    be updated to the most current version available. Also recognize that VPN
    is only as secure as the connected devices.

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 us-cert.gov . 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 us-cert.gov 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 this vulnerability.

For any questions related to this report, please contact the CISA at:

Email: CISAservicedesk@cisa.dhs.gov
Toll Free: 1-888-282-0870

CISA continuously strives to improve its products and services. You can help by
choosing one of the links below to provide feedback about this product.

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