Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-35698

Sick Icr890-4 Firmware ≤ 2.5.0

Published
10 July 2023
Modified
01 June 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0078 53th percentile
Risk Priority 46 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-35698 is a medium-severity Observable Response Discrepancy (CWE-204) vulnerability in Sick Icr890-4 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Account Discovery (T1087); ranked in the top 47% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Observable Response Discrepancy in the SICK ICR890-4 could allow a remote attacker to identify valid usernames for the FTP server from the response given during a failed login attempt.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1087 Account Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of valid accounts, usernames, or email addresses on a system or within a compromised environment.
T1087.001 Local Account Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of local system accounts.
T1087.002 Domain Account Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of domain accounts.
T1087.003 Email Account Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of email addresses and accounts.
T1087.004 Cloud Account Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of cloud accounts.
T1110 Brute Force Credential Access
Adversaries may use brute force techniques to gain access to accounts when passwords are unknown or when password hashes are obtained.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-35697Same product: Sick Icr890-4
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CVE-2023-3272Same product: Sick Icr890-4
CVE-2023-35696Same product: Sick Icr890-4
CVE-2023-3270Same product: Sick Icr890-4
CVE-2023-35699Same product: Sick Icr890-4
CVE-2023-3273Same product: Sick Icr890-4
CVE-2023-23449Same vendor: Sick
CVE-2025-58586Same vendor: Sick
CVE-2025-49187Same vendor: Sick

Affected Assets

sick
icr890-4 firmware
≤ 2.5.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 1 hardening rule · 1 OS baseline
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V13.4.5

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-203 CWE-204

Misdirection can normalize or falsify responses to eliminate observable discrepancies that aid reconnaissance.

addresses: CWE-203 CWE-204

Prevents attackers from using observable differences in error responses to infer internal system details or state.

addresses: CWE-203

Observable discrepancies in system behavior can be modulated to create covert storage or timing channels; the required analysis detects and constrains such avenues.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 full match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent introduction of inconsistent response behavior that leaks internal state.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing can detect observable response discrepancies before deployment.

mitigates

Network security controls can enforce uniform responses and suppress observable discrepancies.

prevents

Secure SDLC practices include error-handling and response standardization to avoid information disclosure.

prevents

Application security requirements typically mandate consistent, non-revealing error messages.

prevents

Secure architecture principles discourage designs that leak internal state via differing responses.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly require uniform error handling to prevent information leakage.

References