CVE-2019-14931: Command Injection

Published Oct 28, 2019
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Updated

An issue was discovered on Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. ME-RTU devices through 2.02 and INEA ME-RTU devices through 3.0. An unauthenticated remote OS Command Injection vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the RTU due to the passing of unsafe user supplied data to the RTU's system shell. Functionality in mobile.php provides users with the ability to ping sites or IP addresses via Mobile Connection Test. When the Mobile Connection Test is submitted, action.php is called to execute the test. An attacker can use a shell command separator (;) in the host variable to execute operating system commands upon submitting the test data.

Other sources

An issue was discovered on Mitsubishi Electric ME-RTU devices through 2.02 and INEA ME-RTU devices through 3.0. An unauthenticated remote OS Command Injection vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the RTU due to the passing of unsafe user supplied data to the RTU's system shell. Functionality in mobile.php provides users with the ability to ping sites or IP addresses via Mobile Connection Test. When the Mobile Connection Test is submitted, action.php is called to execute the test. An attacker can use a shell command separator (;) in the host variable to execute operating system commands upon submitting the test data.

Affected Software

8 affected components
Mitsubishielectric Smartrtu Firmware<=2.02
Mitsubishielectric Smartrtu
INEA Me-rtu Firmware<=3.0
INEA ME-RTU
All of the following
Mitsubishielectric Smartrtu Firmware<=2.02
Mitsubishielectric Smartrtu
All of the following
INEA Me-rtu Firmware<=3.0
INEA ME-RTU

Event History

Oct 28, 2019
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:07 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:07 PM
Description
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2019-14931?

CVE-2019-14931 is an unauthenticated remote OS Command Injection vulnerability found in Mitsubishi Electric ME-RTU devices through version 2.02 and INEA ME-RTU devices through version 3.0.

2

How severe is CVE-2019-14931?

CVE-2019-14931 has a severity score of 9.8, which is considered critical.

3

Which devices are affected by CVE-2019-14931?

Mitsubishi Electric ME-RTU devices through version 2.02 and INEA ME-RTU devices through version 3.0 are affected by CVE-2019-14931.

4

How can an attacker exploit CVE-2019-14931?

An attacker can exploit CVE-2019-14931 by sending malicious commands to the RTU through unauthenticated remote OS Command Injection.

5

Are there any known fixes for CVE-2019-14931?

At the moment, there are no known fixes for CVE-2019-14931. It is recommended to follow any security advisories provided by the vendor or apply mitigations where possible.

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