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CVE-2023-2637

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk System Services Vulnerable To Use Of Hard-Coded Cryptographic Key

Severity Score

8.2
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions

Rockwell Automation's FactoryTalk System Services uses a hard-coded cryptographic key to generate administrator cookies. Hard-coded cryptographic key may lead to privilege escalation. This vulnerability may allow a local, authenticated non-admin user to generate an invalid administrator cookie giving them administrative privileges to the FactoryTalk Policy Manger database. This may allow the threat actor to make malicious changes to the database that will be deployed when a legitimate FactoryTalk Policy Manager user deploys a security policy model. User interaction is required for this vulnerability to be successfully exploited.

*Credits: Sharon Brizinov of Claroty Research - Team82
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track*
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-05-10 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-06-13 CVE Published
  • 2025-01-02 CVE Updated
  • 2025-04-15 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-321: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
  • CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials
CAPEC
  • CAPEC-20: Encryption Brute Forcing
References (0)
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
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Rockwellautomation
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Factorytalk Policy Manager
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6.11.0
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Affected
Rockwellautomation
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Factorytalk System Services
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6.11.0
Search vendor "Rockwellautomation" for product "Factorytalk System Services" and version "6.11.0"
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Affected