CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
47.0%
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to reset the memory of the products to factory default state and cause a denial-of-service condition.
Mitsubishi Electric reports that the following versions of MELSEC-F series programmable controllers are affected if they are used with ethernet communication special adapter FX3U-ENET-ADP or ethernet communication block FX3U-ENET(-L) with the exception of “FX3GE-xMy/z x=24,40, y=T,R, z=ES,ESS,DS,DSS”. Some of these products are sold in limited regions, see the Mitsubishi Electric advisory for details:
3.2.1 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity CWE-345
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the MELSEC-F Series main modules and MELSEC iQ-F Series CPU modules. A remote attacker may be able to reset the memory of the products to factory default state and cause a denial-of-service condition on the products by sending specific packets.
CVE-2023-4699 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).
Mitsubishi Electric reported this vulnerability to CISA.
Mitsubishi Electric recommends that customers take the following mitigation measures to minimize the risk of exploiting this vulnerability:
For specific update instructions and additional details see the Mitsubishi Electric advisory.
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. 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 CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time.
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