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CVE-2021-20599

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive InformationCleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability in MELSEC i

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive InformationCleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability in MELSEC iQ-R series Safety CPU R08/16/32/120SFCPU firmware versions "26" and prior and MELSEC iQ-R series SIL2 Process CPU R08/16/32/120PSFCPU firmware versions "11" and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to login to a target CPU module by obtaining credentials other than password.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1 EPSS 0.00332
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  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
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Affected Products & Versions

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mitsubishielectric r08sfcpu firmwareall versions
mitsubishielectric r16sfcpu firmwareall versions
mitsubishielectric r32sfcpu firmwareall versions
mitsubishielectric r120sfcpu firmwareall versions
mitsubishielectric r08psfcpu firmwareall versions
mitsubishielectric r16psfcpu firmwareall versions
mitsubishielectric r32psfcpu firmwareall versions
mitsubishielectric r120psfcpu firmwareall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

9.1
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · Mitsubishielectric.Psirt@yd.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD14 Oct 2021 · 03:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

1
cisa-csafcisa-csaf-csaf_files-OT-white-2021-icsa-21-287-03
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU98578731Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-287-03
https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2021-011_en.pdfVendor Advisory
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