CVE-2018-16060

published 2021-10-15

CVE-2018-16060: Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. SmartRTU devices allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (directory listing and source code) via a direct…

Priority P2 62 high 7.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I N A N

EXPLOIT

Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. SmartRTU devices allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (directory listing and source code) via a direct request to the /web URI.

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url /web↗

path /web↗

filename web.tar↗

• → Detect unauthenticated GET requests to the /web endpoint on SmartRTU devices; a successful exploit returns HTTP 200 with Content-Type: application/x-tar and Content-Location: web.tar, disclosing the full web application source code archive. ↗
• → Alert on HTTP responses containing 'Content-Location: web.tar' and 'Content-Type: application/x-tar' from SmartRTU/ME RTU devices, indicating successful source code disclosure. ↗
• → The server banner 'Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu)' in responses from SmartRTU devices can help fingerprint vulnerable targets during triage. ↗

• · The exploit requires no authentication; a simple direct HTTP GET to /web is sufficient to trigger the disclosure, meaning no special headers or credentials are needed beyond network access to the device. ↗
• · The vulnerability affects Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. SmartRTU devices (also branded as INEA ME RTU); both vendor product lines share the same vulnerable codebase. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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