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CVE-2020-36652 — Hitachi Automation Director security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.1

Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in Hitachi Automation Director on Linux, Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor on Linux (Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor, Analytics probe server components), Hitachi Ops Center Automator on Linux, Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer on Linux (Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer, Analyzer probe server components), Hitachi Ops Center Viewpoint on Linux (Viewpoint RAID Agent component) allows local users to read and write specific files. This issue affects Hitachi Automation Director: from 8.2.0-00 through 10.6.1-00; Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor: from 2.0.0-00 through 4.0.0-00; Hitachi Ops Center Automator: before 10.9.1-00; Hitachi Ops Center Analyzer: before 10.9.1-00; Hitachi Ops Center Viewpoint: before 10.9.1-00.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.1 (3.1)
Published
2023-02-28
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-276

Affected products

  • hitachi / automation_director
  • hitachi / infrastructure_analytics_advisor
  • hitachi / ops_center_analyzer
  • hitachi / ops_center_automator
  • hitachi / ops_center_viewpoint

Matched remediation archetype

Privilege escalation and unsafe privilege management

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Check exposure

  • Map service accounts, operating-system identities, roles, capabilities, impersonation, set-user transitions, and administrative helper paths.
  • Determine whether untrusted users or lower-privilege processes can reach the affected transition or modify inputs it trusts.
  • Review file, socket, registry, device, job, container, and cloud-role permissions used before and after privilege changes.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and redesign privileged operations as a minimal, authenticated, allowlisted interface.
  • Drop privileges before processing untrusted input, verify the drop succeeds, and remove unnecessary roles, capabilities, and write permissions.
  • Validate ownership and permissions at time of use and add explicit lower-to-higher privilege boundary tests.

Authoritative sources

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