PT-2021-20954 · Hitachi Energy+1 · Hitachi Energy Retail Operations+2

Published 2021-11-17 · Updated 2022-04-25 · CVE-2021-35528

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Hitachi Energy Retail Operations versions 5.7.3 and prior Hitachi Energy Counterparty Settlement and Billing (CSB) versions 5.7.3 and prior

Description: The issue is related to an Improper Access Control vulnerability in the application authentication and authorization. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute a modified signed Java Applet JAR file, potentially leading to data extraction or modification of data inside the application.

Recommendations: For Hitachi Energy Retail Operations versions 5.7.3 and prior, update to a version later than 5.7.3 to resolve the issue. For Hitachi Energy Counterparty Settlement and Billing (CSB) versions 5.7.3 and prior, update to a version later than 5.7.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Java Applet JAR file execution functionality until a patch is available.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-35528

Affected Products

Hitachi Energy Counterparty Settlement/Billing

Hitachi Energy Retail Operations

Java Applet

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-35528 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35528 · Security Note
• https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=8DBD000068&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch · Vendor Advisory
• https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=8DBD000067&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/32534 · Telegram Post