Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-0635

High

Published: 05 June 2023

Published
05 June 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0015 35.8th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-0635 is a high-severity Use of Weak Credentials (CWE-1391) vulnerability in Abb Aspect-Ent-2 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 35.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in ABB Ltd. ASPECT®-Enterprise on ASPECT®-Enterprise, Linux (2CQG103201S3021, 2CQG103202S3021, 2CQG103203S3021, 2CQG103204S3021 modules), ABB Ltd. NEXUS Series on NEXUS Series, Linux (2CQG100102R2021, 2CQG100104R2021, 2CQG100105R2021, 2CQG100106R2021, 2CQG100110R2021, 2CQG100112R2021, 2CQG100103R2021, 2CQG100107R2021, 2CQG100108R2021, 2CQG100109R2021, 2CQG100111R2021, 2CQG100113R2021 modules), ABB Ltd. MATRIX…

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Series on MATRIX Series, Linux (2CQG100102R1021, 2CQG100103R1021, 2CQG100104R1021, 2CQG100105R1021, 2CQG100106R1021 modules) allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects ASPECT®-Enterprise: from 3.0;0 before 3.07.01; NEXUS Series: from 3.0;0 before 3.07.01; MATRIX Series: from 3.0;0 before 3.07.01.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

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aspect-ent-2 firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
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aspect-ent-12 firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
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aspect-ent-256 firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
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aspect-ent-96 firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
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nexus-2128 firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
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nexus-2128-a firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
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nexus-2128-g firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
abb
nexus-2128-f firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
abb
nexus-3-2128 firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
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nexus-3-264 firmware
3.0.0 — 3.07.01
+9 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-1391

Ensuring sufficient strength of mechanism for authenticators prevents use of weak credentials.

addresses: CWE-1391

Enforces use of credentials that comply with standards rather than weak credentials for module access.

References