High severity · published Nov 18, 2021
CVE-2021-35535
Insecure Boot Image vulnerability in Hitachi Energy Relion Relion 670/650/SAM600-IO series allows an attacker who manages to get access to the front network port and to cause a…
8.1
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Insecure Boot Image vulnerability in Hitachi Energy Relion Relion 670/650/SAM600-IO series allows an attacker who manages to get access to the front network port and to cause a reboot sequences of the device may exploit the vulnerability, where there is a tiny time gap during the booting process where an older version of VxWorks is loaded prior to application firmware booting, could exploit the vulnerability in the older version of VxWorks and cause a denial-of-service on the product. This issue affects: Hitachi Energy Relion 670 Series 2.2.2 all revisions; 2.2.3 versions prior to 2.2.3.3. Hitachi Energy Relion 670/650 Series 2.2.0 all revisions; 2.2.4 all revisions. Hitachi Energy Relion 670/650/SAM600-IO 2.2.1 all revisions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
R6
Relion 650 Firmware · Hitachienergy
2.2.0; 2.2.1; 2.2.4 · source: NVD
R6
Relion 670 Firmware · Hitachienergy
2.2.3 through 2.2.3.3; 2.2.0; 2.2.1; 2.2.2; 2.2.4 · source: NVD
RS
Relion Sam600-io Firmware · Hitachienergy
2.2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35535
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-35535
Vendor Advisory
https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=8DBD000061&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch
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