Honeywell Experion PKS Safety Manager 5.02 uses Hard...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
Jul 29, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 22, 2024
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jul 28, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jul 29, 2022
Last updated
Feb 22, 2024
Honeywell Experion PKS Safety Manager 5.02 uses Hard-coded Credentials. According to FSCT-2022-0052, there is a Honeywell Experion PKS Safety Manager hardcoded credentials issue. The affected components are characterized as: POLO bootloader. The potential impact is: Manipulate firmware. The Honeywell Experion PKS Safety Manager utilizes the DCOM-232/485 serial interface for firmware management purposes. When booting, the Safety Manager exposes the Enea POLO bootloader via this interface. Access to the boot configuration is controlled by means of credentials hardcoded in the Safety Manager firmware. The credentials for the bootloader are hardcoded in the firmware. An attacker with access to the serial interface (either through physical access, a compromised EWS or an exposed serial-to-ethernet gateway) can utilize these credentials to control the boot process and manipulate the unauthenticated firmware image (see FSCT-2022-0054).
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