Vulnerability · Published Aug 16, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-29959
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Emerson OpenBSI through 2022-04-29 mishandles credential storage. It is an engineering environment for the ControlWave and Bristol Babcock line of RTUs. This environment provides access control functionality through user authentication and privilege management. The credentials for various users are stored insecurely in the SecUsers.ini file by using a simple string transformation rather than a cryptographic mechanism.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.forescout.com/blog/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-221-03 x_refsource_MISC