Summary
ABB became aware of vulnerabilities in the product versions listed as affected in the advisory.
ASPECT devices are not intended to be internet-facing. A product advisory issued in June 2023 informed cus-tomers of this parameter.
An attacker can successfully exploit these vulnerabilities and could take remote control of the product and po-tentially insert and run arbitrary code.
ABB requires, as noted in previous security advisories and user documentation, that ASPECT should not be exposed to the internet or any other insecure network.
Note: In order to exploit an ASPECT, an attacker would need a misconfigured system.
Vulnerabilities 26
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Critical 10.0
PHP Session Fixation
Session Fixation vulnerabilities allow an attacker to fix a users session identifier before login providing an opportunity for session takeover on a product. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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Critical 10.0CVE-2024-48839 Public exploit
Remote Code Execution, RCE
Improper Input Validation vulnerability allows Remote Code Execution. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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Critical 10.0CVE-2024-48840 Public exploit
Unauthorized Access
Unauthorized Access vulnerabilities allow Remote Code Execution. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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Critical 10.0
Username Enumeration
Username Enumeration vulnerabilities allow access to application level username add, delete, modify and list functions. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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Critical 10.0
Absolute Path Traversal
Absolute File Traversal vulnerabilities allows access and modification of un-intended resources. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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Critical 10.0CVE-2024-51550 Public exploit
Data Validation / Sanitization
Data Validation / Data Sanitization vulnerabilities in Linux allows unvalidated and unsanitized data to be injected in an Aspect device. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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Critical 10.0
Default Credentials
Default Credentail vulnerabilities in ASPECT on Linux allows access to the product using publicly available default credentials. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.07.02; NEXUS Series v3.07.02; MATRIX Series v3.07.02
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Critical 10.0
Force Change of Default Credentials
Default Credentail vulnerabilities allows access to an Aspect device using publicly available default credentials since the system does not require the installer to change default credentials. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.07.02; NEXUS Series…
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Critical 10.0
unauthorized file access
Unauthorized file access in WEB Server in ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.01; NEXUS Series v3.08.01 ; MATRIX Series v3.08.01 allows Attacker to access files unauthorized
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Critical 10.0
remote code execution
Unauthorized file access in WEB Server in ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.01; NEXUS Series v3.08.01 ; MATRIX Series v3.08.01 allows Attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely
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Critical 9.9
Dangerous File Upload
Dangerous File Upload vulnerabilities allow upload of malicious scripts. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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Critical 9.9
SSRF Server Side Request Forgery
Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerabilities were found providing a potential for access to unauthorized resources and unintended information disclosure. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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Critical 9.6
unauthorized file access
Web browser interface may manipulate application username/password in clear text or Base64 encoding providing a higher probability of unintended credentails exposure. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v…
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Critical 9.4CVE-2024-48845 Public exploit
Weak Password Rules/Strength
Weak Password Reset Rules vulnerabilities where found providing a potiential for the storage of weak passwords that could facilitate unauthorized admin/application access. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.07.02; NEXUS Series v3.07.02; MATRIX Ser…
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Critical 9.1
off-by-one-error
Default Credentail vulnerabilities in ASPECT on Linux allows access to the product using publicly available default credentials. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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Critical 9.0CVE-2024-6516 Public exploit
Cross Site Scripting XSS
Cross Site Scripting vulnerabilities where found providing a potential for malicious scripts to be injected into a client browser. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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High 8.2
MD5 bypass operation
MD5 Checksum Bypass vulnerabilities where found exploiting a weakness in the way an application dependency calculates or validates MD5 checksum hashes. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.01; NEXUS Series v3.08.01; MATRIX Series v3.08.01
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High 8.2
Local File Inclusion
Local File Inclusion vulnerabilities allow access to sensitive system information. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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High 8.2
Configuration Download
Configuration Download vulnerabilities allow access to dependency configuration information. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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High 8.2
Information Disclosure
Information Disclosure vulnerabilities allow access to application configuration information. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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High 8.2CVE-2024-51544 EPSS 13%
Service Control
Service Control vulnerabilities allow access to service restart requests and vm configuration settings. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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High 7.7
Denial of Service, DoS
Denial of Service vulnerabilities where found providing a potiential for device service disruptions. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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High 7.7CVE-2024-48844 Public exploit
Denial of Service, DoS
Denial of Service vulnerabilities where found providing a potiential for device service disruptions. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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High 7.5
Filesize Check
Fileszie Check vulnerabilities allow a malicious user to bypass size limits or overload to the product. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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High 7.5CVE-2024-51546 Public exploit
Credentails Disclosure
Credentials Disclosure vulnerabilities allow access to on board project back-up bundles. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
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High 7.1CVE-2024-48846 Public exploit
Cross Side Request Forgery, CSRF
Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerabilities where found providing a potiential for exposing sensitive information or changing system settings. Affected products: ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.02; NEXUS Series v3.08.02; MATRIX Series v3.08.02
Revision history
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#4.0.0
Acknowledgment name correction
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#3.0.0
Update of advisory due to availability of ASPECT version 3.08.03
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#2.0.0
Update of advisory due to availability of ASPECT version 3.08.02
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#1.0.0
Initial version.
References
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ABB strongly advises customers and system integrators to follow the instructions documented in: FBXi, CBXi and ASPECT® SOLUTIONS, which can be downloaded from the ABB library.
https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=HT0038&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch
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ABB CYBERSECURITY ADVISORY - PDF version
https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=9AKK108469A7497&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch
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ICS Advisory ICSA-25-007-01 - Web Version
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-007-01
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems
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Recommended Practices
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Cybersecurity_Best_Practices_for_Industrial_Control_Systems.pdf
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B