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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2018-11691 – Emerson DeltaV Distributed Control System Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

The Smart Switch Command Center does not change the DeltaV Smart Switch management account password upon commissioning as expected, leaving the default password in effect indefinitely.

Impact

Privilege escalation

Affected Vendors

Emerson

Affected Products

DeltaV Distributed Control System (DCS)

Remediation

Emerson recommends users patch affected products.

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Security Operations Centers across the region

Saudi Arabia

UAE

Oman

Pakistan