CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2022-1596 — Abb Rex640 Pcl1 Firmware security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 6.5

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in ABB REX640 PCL1, REX640 PCL2, REX640 PCL3 allows an authenticated attacker to launch an attack against the user database file and try to take control of an affected system node.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.5 (3.1)
Published
2022-06-21
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-732

Affected products

  • abb / rex640_pcl1_firmware
  • abb / rex640_pcl2_firmware
  • abb / rex640_pcl3_firmware

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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