Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-8453

Crypto Weakness in Planet Gs-4210-24P2S Firmware ≤ 3.305b240802

Crypto Weakness
Published
30 September 2024
Modified
04 October 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 4.9
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0031 23th percentile
Risk Priority 38 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-8453 is a medium-severity Use of Weak Hash (CWE-328) vulnerability in Planet Gs-4210-24P2S Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 4.9 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique OS Credential Dumping (T1003); ranked at the 23th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to IA-5 (Authenticator Management) and SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A04:2025 Cryptographic Failures

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Certain switch models from PLANET Technology use an insecure hashing function to hash user passwords without being salted. Remote attackers with administrator privileges can read configuration files to obtain the hash values, and potentially crack them to retrieve the plaintext…

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passwords.

CWE(s)
CWE-328CWE-759

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1003 OS Credential Dumping Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to dump credentials to obtain account login and credential material, normally in the form of a hash or a clear text password.
attack.mitre.org →
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.
attack.mitre.org →
T1110.002 Password Cracking Credential Access
Adversaries may use password cracking to attempt to recover usable credentials, such as plaintext passwords, when credential material such as password hashes are obtained.
attack.mitre.org →
T1555 Credentials from Password Stores Credential Access
Adversaries may search for common password storage locations to obtain user credentials.
attack.mitre.org →
T1555.005 Password Managers Credential Access
Adversaries may acquire user credentials from third-party password managers.
attack.mitre.org →
T1552 Unsecured Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may search compromised systems to find and obtain insecurely stored credentials.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-8452Same product: Planet Gs-4210-24P2S
CVE-2024-8459Same product: Planet Gs-4210-24P2S
CVE-2024-8448Same product: Planet Gs-4210-24P2S
CVE-2024-8450Same product: Planet Gs-4210-24P2S
CVE-2024-8449Same product: Planet Gs-4210-24P2S
CVE-2024-8451Same product: Planet Gs-4210-24P2S
CVE-2024-8458Same product: Planet Gs-4210-24P2S
CVE-2024-8456Same product: Planet Gs-4210-24P2S
CVE-2024-8457Same product: Planet Gs-4210-24P2S
CVE-2024-8454Same product: Planet Gs-4210-24P2S

Affected Assets

planet
gs-4210-24p2s firmware
≤ 3.305b240802
planet
gs-4210-24pl4c firmware
≤ 2.305b240719

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 5 hardening rules · 5 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V11.2.3
  • V6.5.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SC-13 Cryptographic Protection good match

Mandating approved cryptographic algorithms and strengths directly stops selection of weak hash functions for integrity or other uses.

IA-5 Authenticator Management good match

Authenticator management requires secure credential storage practices that include salted hashes.

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation can identify missing salt values through code review or analysis.

SA-15 Development Process, Standards, and Tools partial match

Development standards and tools can mandate salted hashing as part of secure implementation requirements.

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 requirements explicitly forbid weak cryptographic algorithms, fully preventing CWE-328 while covering only one aspect of development practice.

PR.DS-01 mostly match
prevents

Proper data-at-rest integrity protection requires strong cryptographic hashes, directly blocking weak-hash usage.

PR.DS-02 mostly match
prevents

Data-in-transit integrity likewise depends on strong hashes, so the control prevents the weakness while the weakness only partially satisfies the outcome.

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.

A.8.24 Use of cryptography mostly match
prevents

Mandates use of approved cryptographic algorithms, directly preventing weak-hash selection.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect weak-hash usage but does not prescribe algorithm choice.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC processes can include password-handling rules but do not guarantee salted hashes.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can specify strong hashing, but the control is broader.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Requires secure coding standards that forbid weak hash functions in source code.

A.8.5 Secure authentication partial match
prevents

Secure authentication mandates salted, one-way hashes for credentials, directly preventing unsalted hashing.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Windows 10 (1 rule)
  • V-220937 The system must be configured to prevent the storage of the LAN Manager hash of passwords. prevents CWE-328
Windows 11 (1 rule)
  • V-253461 The system must be configured to prevent the storage of the LAN Manager hash of passwords. prevents CWE-328
Windows Server 2016 (1 rule)
  • V-225053 Windows Server 2016 must be configured to prevent the storage of the LAN Manager hash of passwords. prevents CWE-328
Windows Server 2019 (1 rule)
  • V-205654 Windows Server 2019 must be configured to prevent the storage of the LAN Manager hash of passwords. prevents CWE-328
Windows Server 2022 (1 rule)
  • V-254474 Windows Server 2022 must be configured to prevent the storage of the LAN Manager hash of passwords. prevents CWE-328

References