Anomalous Authentication Behavior in H2-DM1E PLCs

CVE-2024-45368
8.8HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Automationdirect
Status
Directlogic H2-dm1e
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 September 2024

Summary

The H2-DM1E PLC's authentication protocol appears to utilize either a custom encoding scheme or a challenge-response protocol. However, there's an observed anomaly in the H2-DM1E PLC's protocol execution, namely its acceptance of multiple distinct packets as valid authentication responses. This behavior deviates from standard security practices where a single, specific response or encoding pattern is expected for successful authentication.

Affected Version(s)

DirectLogic H2-DM1E <= 2.8.0

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Daniel Davenport, Nicholas Meier, Matthew Zelinsky, and Ryan Silva of John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.
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