ABB Automation Builder Gateway for Windows

Risk Summary

ABB became aware of severe vulnerability in the products versions listed as affected in the advisory. The Windows gateway is accessible remotely by default. Unauthenticated attackers can therefore search for PLCs, but the user management of the PLCs prevents the actual access to the PLCs – unless it is disabled

CVEs (1)

Remediations

• If remote access is not required, check the "LocalAddress" setting in the [CmpGwCommDrvTcp] section of the Gateway's configuration file as follows (restart of gateway required in case of changes): [CmpGwCommDrvTcp] LocalAddress=127.0.0.1 ; allow access only from the local computer The gateway configuration file can be located at (example for Automation Builder 2.8): %ProgramFiles%\ABB\AB2.8\AutomationBuilder\GatewayPLC\Gateway.cfg Starting with Automation Builder version 2.9.0 the vulnerability is closed by setting the default for the gateway to local access. Automation Builder 2.9.0 is available for download from the related download site. https://www.abb.com/global/en/areas/motion/digital-tools/automation-builder/software-download
• Workarounds are specific measures that a user can take to help block an attack, for example, temporarily disabling the vulnerable feature may remove the exposure with well-known impact on functionality. ABB has tested the following workarounds. Although these workarounds will not correct the underlying vulnerability, they can help block known attack vectors. When a workaround reduces functionality, this is identified below as “Impact of workaround”. The vulnerability can be closed by enabling local access only. See chapter “Recommended immediate actions” for details.

Affected Vendors

Affected Products (2)

Affected Sectors

Chemical, Critical Manufacturing, Energy, Water and Wastewater