CVE-2023-47615: KLCERT-22-212: Telit Cinterion (Thales/Gemalto) modules. Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Environmental Variables | Kaspersky ICS CERT

• CVE

  2023-47615

• KLCERT

  KLCERT-22-212

Alexander Kozlov, Kaspersky

Sergey Anufrienko, Vulnerability Research Group Manager, Kaspersky ICS CERT

Timeline

Timeline

• Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory published

  09 November 2023

• Vulnerability reported

  February 2023

Description

A CWE-526: Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Environmental Variables vulnerability exists in Telit Cinterion BGS5, Telit Cinterion EHS5/6/8, Telit Cinterion PDS5/6/8, Telit Cinterion ELS61/81, Telit Cinterion PLS62 that could allow a local, low privileged attacker to get access to a sensitive data on the targeted system.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local, low privileged attacker to get access to a sensitive data on the targeted system.

Affected products

The following Telit products:

• Telit Cinterion BGS5 (All versions)
• Telit Cinterion EHS5/6/8 (All versions)
• Telit Cinterion PDS5/6/8 (All versions)
• Telit Cinterion ELS61/81 (All versions)
• Telit Cinterion PLS62 (All versions).

Mitigation

Kaspersky ICS CERT mitigation

• Enforce application signature verification to prohibit the installation of untrusted MIDlets on the device;
• Control physical access to the device at all stages of transportation to protect against the embedding of backdoors.

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Timeline

• Kaspersky ICS CERT advisory published

  09 November 2023

• Vulnerability reported

  February 2023

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