ICSA-21-294-01
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2021-10-21 00:00
Modified
2021-10-21 00:00
Summary
ICONICS GENESIS64 and Mitsubishi Electric MC Works64

Notes

CISA Disclaimer
This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov
Legal Notice
All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided "as is" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.
Risk evaluation
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may result in remote code execution.
Critical infrastructure sectors
Multiple including Critical Manufacturing
Countries/areas deployed
Worldwide
Company headquarters location
ICONICS is headquartered in the United States. Mitsubishi Electric is headquartered in Japan.
Recommended Practices
CISA recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:
Recommended Practices
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 onus-cert.cisa.gov. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Recommended Practices
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage on us-cert.cisa.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.
Exploitability
No known public exploits specifically target these vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are not exploitable remotely.


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          "text": "A lack of proper validation of user-supplied data may result in a write past the end of an allocated data structure. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability as the target must attempt to import a malicious AutoCAD DWG file into GraphWorX64.CVE-2021-27041 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
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          "product_ids": [
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            "CSAFPID-0002"
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          "url": "http://www.iconics.com/certs"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Use a firewall. Place control system networks and devices behind firewalls and isolate them from the business network.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
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          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Do not click web links or open unsolicited attachments in email messages.",
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            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "When importing any AutoCad DWG file, make sure it is known to come from a trusted source.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Install the applicable Critical Fix Rollup, when available.",
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}


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