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ICSA-18-305-01  ·  Published 2018-11-01  ·  View on CISA ICS-CERT ↗

AVEVA InduSoft Web Studio and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition)

CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Risk Summary

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an unauthenticated user to remotely execute code.

Remediations

  • AVEVA recommends that users upgrade to InduSoft Web Studio v8.1 SP2 and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) 2017 SP2 as soon as possible. Software updates can be downloaded from the Global Customer Support “Software Download” area
  • InduSoft Web Studio prior to v8.1 SP2
  • InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) prior to 2017 SP2 (login required)
  • AVEVA recommends that users update existing projects to enable the security features of InduSoft Web Studio and InTouch Edge HMI
  • Enable the new encrypted channel for communication and disable the unencrypted channel.
  • Set a strong Master Project password.
  • Set a strong password for the built-in account. By default, the built-in account is named Guest.
  • Set strong passwords for all other non-built-in accounts.
  • AVEVA has published Security Bulletin LFSEC00000130 on their website

Affected Vendors

AVEVA Software, LLC

Affected Products (2)

AVEVA Software, LLC · InduSoft Web Studio <8.1 SP2
AVEVA Software, LLC · InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) <2017 SP2

Affected Sectors

Commercial Facilities, Critical Manufacturing, Energy, Transportation Systems, and Water and Wastewater Systems

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