CVE-2018-17926 — The product M2M ETHERNET (FW Versions 2

The product M2M ETHERNET (FW Versions 2.22 and prior, ETH-FW Versions 1.01 and prior) is vulnerable in that an attacker can upload a malicious language file by bypassing the user authentication mechanism.

01What is this vulnerability?

The product M2M ETHERNET (FW Versions 2.22 and prior, ETH-FW Versions 1.01 and prior) is vulnerable in that an attacker can upload a malicious language file by bypassing the user authentication mechanism.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
ABB	M2M ETHERNET	FW Versions 2.22 and prior, ETH-FW Versions 1.01 and prior.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-01-31T17:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T22:09:25.254Z

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106243
• ics-cert.us-cert.gov — https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-352-07