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  "document": {
    "acknowledgments": [
      {
        "names": [
          "kimiya"
        ],
        "organization": "Trend Micro Zero \u0027s Day Initiative",
        "summary": "reporting this vulnerability to CISA"
      }
    ],
    "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 this vulnerability could result in code execution on the engineering workstation.",
        "title": "Risk evaluation"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Commercial Facilities, Energy, Food and Agriculture, Government Facilities, Transportation Systems, Water and Wastewater Systems",
        "title": "Critical infrastructure sectors"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Worldwide",
        "title": "Countries/areas deployed"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "France",
        "title": "Company headquarters location"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Schneider Electric is establishing a remediation plan for future versions of the affected products that will include a fix for this vulnerability. CISA will update this document when the remediations are available.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.\nCISA 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.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "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.\nOrganizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA also recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability. This vulnerability is not exploitable remotely.",
        "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-21-259-02 JSON",
        "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2021/icsa-21-259-02.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-21-259-02 Web Version",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-21-259-02"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/tips/ST04-014"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B"
      }
    ],
    "title": "Schneider Electric EcoStruxure and SCADAPack",
    "tracking": {
      "current_release_date": "2021-09-16T00:00:00.000000Z",
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          "date": "2021-09-16T00:00:00.000000Z",
          "legacy_version": "Initial",
          "number": "1",
          "summary": "ICSA-21-259-02 Schneider Electric EcoStruxure and SCADAPack"
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        "id": "CWE-22",
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        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "When a malicious project file is loaded on the engineering workstation software, it deploys a malicious script to execute arbitrary code in unauthorized locations.CVE-2021-22797has 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).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
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          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2021-22797"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
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          "details": "Store project files in a secure storage location and limit access to the files to only trusted users.",
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          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "When exchanging the files over the network, use secure communication protocols.",
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        },
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          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "Harden the workstations running EcoStruxure Control Expert, EcoStruxure Process Expert, or SCADAPack RemoteConnect.",
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            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
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        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Compute a checksum on all project files and check the consistency of the checksum to verify the integrity before usage.",
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          "details": "Users still using Unity Pro should strongly consider migrating to EcoStruxure Control Expert. Please contact the local Schneider Electric technical support for more information.",
          "product_ids": [
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            "CSAFPID-0003"
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        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "To stay informed of all updates, including details on affected products and remediation plans, subscribe to Schneider Electric\u0027s security notification service.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002",
            "CSAFPID-0003"
          ],
          "url": "http://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2021-257-01"
        }
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