Data interception via improper SSH host-key validation
Published Jun 11, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024
Improper SSH host-key validation in Hitachi Energy products allows physically proximate attackers to intercept or falsify exchanges. The FOXCST and UNEM client applications accept an SSH server host key without correctly confirming that it belongs to the intended host. Exploitation requires physical access and active user interaction to interpose on the connection, exposing exchanged data and potentially interrupting affected and downstream systems.
Summary
What happened
Improper SSH host-key validation in Hitachi Energy products allows physically proximate attackers to intercept or falsify exchanges. The FOXCST and UNEM client applications accept an SSH server host key without correctly confirming that it belongs to the intended host. Exploitation requires physical access and active user interaction to interpose on the connection, exposing exchanged data and potentially interrupting affected and downstream systems.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-2462
- Published
- Jun 11, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Vendor
- Hitachi Energy
- Product
- XMC20
- Classifications
- CWE-297, T1557
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 11, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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