CVE-2019-7229

HIGH 8.3CVE-2019-7229 · Published 24/06/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2019-7229 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.3) vulnerability affecting board support package un31 (abb).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 65.6% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.31 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
board support package un31 abb	`< 2.31`	`2.31`

Description

The ABB CP635 HMI uses two different transmission methods to upgrade its firmware and its software components: "Utilization of USB/SD Card to flash the device" and "Remote provisioning process via ABB Panel Builder 600 over FTP." Neither of these transmission methods implements any form of encryption or authenticity checks against the new firmware HMI software binary files.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/153387/ABB-HMI-Missing-Signature-Verification.html · Exploit
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/34 · Exploit
search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx · Mitigation
search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx · Mitigation
darkmatter.ae/xen1thlabs/abb-hmi-absence-of-signature-verification-vulnerability-xl-19-005 · Exploit

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