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CVE-2022-29959

MEDIUM 5.5

Our Analysis: Environment Specific

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Published Date August 16, 2022
Last Modified November 21, 2024
CVSS Vector Not Available

Description

Emerson OpenBSI through 2022-04-29 mishandles credential storage. It is an engineering environment for the ControlWave and Bristol Babcock line of RTUs. This environment provides access control functionality through user authentication and privilege management. The credentials for various users are stored insecurely in the SecUsers.ini file by using a simple string transformation rather than a cryptographic mechanism.

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