ABB Cylon Aspect 3.08.03 Hard-coded Secrets

Title: ABB Cylon Aspect 3.08.03 Hard-coded Secrets
Advisory ID: ZSL-2025-5896
Type: Local/Remote
Impact: Exposure of Sensitive Information, Security Bypass, System Access
Risk: (5/5)
Release Date: 06.01.2025

Summary

ASPECT is an award-winning scalable building energy management and control solution designed to allow users seamless access to their building data through standard building protocols including smart devices.

Description

The ABB Cylon Aspect BMS/BAS controller contains multiple instances of hard-coded credentials, including usernames, passwords, and encryption keys embedded in various java classes. This practice poses significant security risks, allowing attackers to gain unauthorized access and compromise the system’s integrity.

Vendor

ABB Ltd. - https://www.global.abb

Affected Version

NEXUS Series, MATRIX-2 Series, ASPECT-Enterprise, ASPECT-Studio
Firmware: <=3.08.03

Tested On

GNU/Linux 3.15.10 (armv7l)
GNU/Linux 3.10.0 (x86_64)
GNU/Linux 2.6.32 (x86_64)
Intel® Atom™ Processor E3930 @ 1.30GHz
Intel® Xeon® Silver 4208 CPU @ 2.10GHz
PHP/7.3.11
PHP/5.6.30
PHP/5.4.16
PHP/4.4.8
PHP/5.3.3
AspectFT Automation Application Server
lighttpd/1.4.32
lighttpd/1.4.18
Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS)
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (rhel-2.6.22.1.-x86_64)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.261-b02, mixed mode)
ErgoTech MIX Deployment Server 2.0.0

Vendor Status

[21.04.2024] Vulnerability discovered.
[22.04.2024] Vendor contacted.
[22.04.2024] Vendor responds.
[02.05.2024] Working with the vendor.
[06.01.2025] Public security advisory released.

PoC

abb_aspect_hardcoded2.txt

Credits

Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko Krstic - <[email protected]>

References

N/A

Changelog

[06.01.2025] - Initial release

Contact

Zero Science Lab

Web: https://www.zeroscience.mk
e-mail: [email protected]