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  "document": {
    "acknowledgments": [
      {
        "names": [
          "Sergey Temnikov"
        ],
        "organization": "Kaspersky Lab",
        "summary": "discovering and reporting these vulnerabilities to NCCIC"
      },
      {
        "names": [
          "Emerson"
        ],
        "summary": "discovering and reporting these vulnerabilities to NCCIC"
      }
    ],
    "category": "csaf_security_advisory",
    "csaf_version": "2.0",
    "distribution": {
      "text": "Disclosure is not limited",
      "tlp": {
        "label": "WHITE",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/"
      }
    },
    "lang": "en-US",
    "notes": [
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "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",
        "title": "CISA Disclaimer"
      },
      {
        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "text": "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/.",
        "title": "Legal Notice"
      },
      {
        "category": "summary",
        "text": "Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow arbitrary remote code execution and malware injection.",
        "title": "Risk evaluation"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Chemical, Energy",
        "title": "Critical infrastructure sectors"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Worldwide",
        "title": "Countries/areas deployed"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "United States",
        "title": "Company headquarters location"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "NCCIC recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "NCCIC reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.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.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS-CERT website 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 NCCIC for tracking and correlation against other incidents.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "No known public exploits specifically target these vulnerabilities.",
        "title": "Exploitability"
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "category": "coordinator",
      "contact_details": "Email: CISAservicedesk@cisa.dhs.gov;\n Toll Free: 1-888-282-0870",
      "name": "CISA",
      "namespace": "https://www.cisa.gov/"
    },
    "references": [
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-18-270-01 JSON",
        "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2018/icsa-18-270-01.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-18-270-01 Web Version",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-18-270-01"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B"
      }
    ],
    "title": "Emerson AMS Device Manager",
    "tracking": {
      "current_release_date": "2018-09-27T00:00:00.000000Z",
      "generator": {
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          "name": "CISA CSAF Generator",
          "version": "1.0.0"
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      "id": "ICSA-18-270-01",
      "initial_release_date": "2018-09-27T00:00:00.000000Z",
      "revision_history": [
        {
          "date": "2018-09-27T00:00:00.000000Z",
          "legacy_version": "Initial",
          "number": "1",
          "summary": "ICSA-18-270-01 Emerson AMS Device Manager"
        }
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                "name": "\u003e= 12.0 | \u003c= 13.5",
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                  "name": "AMS Device Manager: v12.0 to v13.5",
                  "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001"
                }
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      "cve": "CVE-2018-14804",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-284",
        "name": "Improper Access Control"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "A specially crafted script may be run that allows arbitrary remote code execution.CVE-2018-14804 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 10.0 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
      ],
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          "CSAFPID-0001"
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      },
      "references": [
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2018-14804"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "AMS Device Manager: v12.0 to v13.5  Software patches are available to users with access to the Guardian Support Portal at:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://guardian.emersonprocess.com/"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Please refer to the Knowledge Base Articles for AMS NK-1700-0324, NK-1700-0252 and DeltaV NK-1800-0880 (DSN 18006) for more information.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "To limit exposure to these and other vulnerabilities, Emerson recommends deploying and configuring AMS Device Manager as described in the AMS Device Manager Installation Guide which is available in Emerson\u0027s Guardian Support Portal.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        }
      ],
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        {
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            "baseScore": 10.0,
            "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.0"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2018-14808",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-269",
        "name": "Improper Privilege Management"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "Non-administrative users are able to change executable and library files on the affected products.CVE-2018-14808 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 8.2 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
      ],
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        ]
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2018-14808"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "AMS Device Manager: v12.0 to v13.5  Software patches are available to users with access to the Guardian Support Portal at:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://guardian.emersonprocess.com/"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Please refer to the Knowledge Base Articles for AMS NK-1700-0324, NK-1700-0252 and DeltaV NK-1800-0880 (DSN 18006) for more information.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Vulnerability CVE-2018-14808 cannot be exploited if application whitelisting is implemented since it would prevent files from being overwritten.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2018-14808"
        },
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "To limit exposure to these and other vulnerabilities, Emerson recommends deploying and configuring AMS Device Manager as described in the AMS Device Manager Installation Guide which is available in Emerson\u0027s Guardian Support Portal.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        }
      ],
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            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.0"
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