CVE-2014-5414
CVE-2014-5414 — Beckhoff Embedded PC Images and TwinCAT Components Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Beckhoff Embedded PC images before 2014-10-22 and Automation Device Specification (ADS) TwinCAT components do not restrict the number of authentication attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, icscert
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
5%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
9.1
CRITICAL
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (2)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-307
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
- T1110.001Brute Force: Password Guessing
- T1078Valid Accounts
- T1110.003Brute Force: Password Spraying
References
7 on the record
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93349
vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- download.beckhoff.com/download/document/product-security/Advisories/advisory-2014-001.pdf
reference
- download.beckhoff.com/download/document/product-security/Advisories/advisory-2014-002.pdf
reference
- download.beckhoff.com/download/document/product-security/Advisories/advisory-2014-003.pdf
reference
- www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-16-278-02
reference
- github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2016/icsa-16-278-02.json
reference
- ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-278-02
x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Elsewhere on this site
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.