Rewterz Threat Advisory – GE Mark VIe Controller Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

CVE-2019-13554

The affected product has an unsecured Telnet protocol that may allow a user to create an authenticated session using generic default credentials.

CVE-2019-13918

The affected product is shipped with pre-configured hard-coded credentials that may allow root-user access to the controller. A limited application of the affected product may ship without setup and configuration instructions immediately available to the end user. The bulk of controllers go into applications requiring the GE commissioning engineer to change default configurations during the installation process.

Impact

• Improper Authorization
• Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Affected Vendors

GE

Affected Products

Mark VIe Controller

Remediation

GE recommends users apply the following mitigations:

• Disable the Telnet service (Telnet was enabled by default on Mark VIe controllers with versions of Control*ST earlier than v6.0).
• Reset controller passwords upon transfer of Mark VIe to the operating environment.