CVE-2022-2642 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Horner Automation’s RCC 972 firmware version 15.40 contains global variables. This could allow an attacker to read out sensitive values and variable keys from the device.

Published: 2022-12-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Horner Automation

Remote Compact Controller (RCC) 972

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Firmware Version 15.40`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:hornerautomation:rcc972_firmware:15.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:hornerautomation:rcc972:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-34889	Horner Automation’s RCC 972 firmware version 15.40 contains global variables. This could allow an attacker to read out sensitive values and variable keys from the device.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00202.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-335-02

History

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Hornerautomation Rcc972 Rcc972 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published: 2022-12-12T01:50:00.293Z

Updated: 2025-04-16T16:05:11.014Z

Reserved: 2022-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2642

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:46:03.362Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-02T20:15:13.627

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:01:25.697

Link: CVE-2022-2642

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-1108

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