CVE-2023-1617 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Authentication vulnerability in B&R Industrial Automation B&R VC4 (VNC-Server modules). This vulnerability may allow an unauthenticated network-based attacker to bypass the authentication mechanism of the VC4 visualization on affected devices. The impact of this vulnerability depends on the functionality provided in the visualization. This issue affects B&R VC4: from 3.* through 3.96.7, from 4.0* through 4.06.7, from 4.1* through 4.16.3, from 4.2* through 4.26.8, from 4.3* through 4.34.6, from 4.4* through 4.45.1, from 4.5* through 4.45.3, from 4.7* through 4.72.9.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Br-automation	Vc4

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.br-automation.com/downloads_br_productcatalogue/assets/1681046878970-en-original-1.0.pdf

History

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ABB

Published: 2023-04-14T11:48:53.396Z

Updated: 2025-02-06T19:48:05.890Z

Reserved: 2023-03-24T07:13:36.844Z

Link: CVE-2023-1617

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:57:24.043Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-14T12:15:07.377

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:39:33.027

Link: CVE-2023-1617

Redhat

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