ICSA-18-114-01

Vulnerability from csaf_cisa - Published: 2018-04-24 00:00 - Updated: 2018-10-30 00:00
Summary
Vecna VGo Robot (Update A)

Notes

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Risk evaluation
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to capture firmware updates through network traffic, extract credentials from the firmware, record video conversations, and may allow remote code execution with root privileges.
Critical infrastructure sectors
Communications
Countries/areas deployed
Worldwide
Company headquarters location
United States
Recommended Practices
NCCIC recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities. Specifically, users should:
Recommended Practices
NCCIC recommends that users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:
Recommended Practices
NCCIC reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
Recommended Practices
NCCIC also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS-CERT web page. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Recommended Practices
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to NCCIC for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
Recommended Practices
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available in the ICS-CERT Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies, that is available for download from the ICS-CERT website.
Exploitability
No known public exploits specifically target these vulnerabilities.
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          "details": "If a VGo unit has automatic updates turned off, the update will not be downloaded (however, a notice about the update will be displayed on the VGo\u0027s screen). Vecna recommends that automatic updates be turned on. Select \u201csettings\u201d from the main menu then \u201cadvanced settings\u201d then \u201cautomatic updates.\u201d",
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          "details": "By default, VGo has automatic updates enabled so all updates are performed automatically when Internet access is available. If the VGo is powered off or in use, a message will appear on the screen asking if it can be updated when the VGo is next used.",
          "product_ids": [
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        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "If a VGo unit has automatic updates turned off, the update will not be downloaded (however, a notice about the update will be displayed on the VGo\u0027s screen). Vecna recommends that automatic updates be turned on. Select \u201csettings\u201d from the main menu then \u201cadvanced settings\u201d then \u201cautomatic updates.\u201d",
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          "details": "By default, VGo has automatic updates enabled so all updates are performed automatically when Internet access is available. If the VGo is powered off or in use, a message will appear on the screen asking if it can be updated when the VGo is next used.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "If a VGo unit has automatic updates turned off, the update will not be downloaded (however, a notice about the update will be displayed on the VGo\u0027s screen). Vecna recommends that automatic updates be turned on. Select \u201csettings\u201d from the main menu then \u201cadvanced settings\u201d then \u201cautomatic updates.\u201d",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
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        "id": "CWE-284",
        "name": "Improper Access Control"
      },
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          "category": "summary",
          "text": "If an attacker has access to the firmware they may be able to extract credentials.CVE-2018-8858 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 4.7 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N)",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "By default, VGo has automatic updates enabled so all updates are performed automatically when Internet access is available. If the VGo is powered off or in use, a message will appear on the screen asking if it can be updated when the VGo is next used.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "If a VGo unit has automatic updates turned off, the update will not be downloaded (however, a notice about the update will be displayed on the VGo\u0027s screen). Vecna recommends that automatic updates be turned on. Select \u201csettings\u201d from the main menu then \u201cadvanced settings\u201d then \u201cautomatic updates.\u201d",
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          "category": "mitigation",
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