CVE-2018-5400 CRITICAL

CVE-2018-5400: The Auto-Maskin DCU 210E, RP-210E, and Marine Pro Observer Android App utilize an undocumented custom protocol to set up Modbus communications with other devices without validating those devices, resulting in an origin validation error

Vendor Auto-Maskin
Product DCU-210E
Weakness CWE-346 · Origin validation
Published October 8, 2018
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

9.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Auto-Maskin products utilize an undocumented custom protocol to set up Modbus communications with other devices without validating those devices. The originating device sends a message in plaintext, 48:65:6c:6c:6f:20:57:6f:72:6c:64, "Hello World" over UDP ports 44444-44446 to the broadcast address for the LAN. Without verification devices respond to any of these broadcast messages on the LAN with a plaintext reply over UDP containing the device model and firmware version. Following this exchange the devices allow Modbus transmissions between the two devices on the standard Modbus port 502 TCP. Impact: An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to send arbitrary messages to any DCU or RP device through spoofing or replay attacks as long as they have access to the network. Affected releases are Auto-Maskin DCU-210E RP-210E: Versions prior to 3.7 on ARMv7.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 8, 2018 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated