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CVE-2018-5469

An Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts issue was discovered in Belden Hirschmann RS, RSR, RSB, MACH100, MACH1000, MACH4000, MS, and OCTOPUS Classic Platform Switches. An improper restriction of excessive authentication vulnerability in the web interface has been identified, which may allow an attacker to brute force authentication.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a CRITICAL severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 134 products from belden, from belden, from belden and 131 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2018, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.

Published

2018-03-06T21:29:00.393

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:08:51.743

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-307
Type: Primary
CWE-307

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rs20-0900mmm2tdau	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rs20-0900nnm4tdau	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rs20-0900vvm2tdau	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rs20-1600l2l2sdau	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rs20-1600l2m2sdau	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rs20-1600l2s2sdau	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rs20-1600l2t1sdau	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rs20-1600m2m2sdau	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rs20-1600m2t1sdau	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rs20-1600s2m2sdau	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rs20-1600s2s2sdau	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rs20-1600s2t1sdau	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsr20	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsr30	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0800m2m2saab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0800m2m2saabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0800m2m2taab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0800m2m2taabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0800s2s2saab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0800s2s2saabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0800s2s2taab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0800s2s2taabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0800t1t1saab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0800t1t1saabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0800t1t1taab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0800t1t1taabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900m2ttsaab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900m2ttsaabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900m2tttaab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900m2tttaabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900mmm2saab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900mmm2saabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900mmm2taab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900mmm2taabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900s2ttsaab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900s2ttsaabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900s2tttaab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900s2tttaabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900vvm2saab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900vvm2saabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900vvm2taab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900vvm2taabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900zzz6saab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900zzz6saabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900zzz6taab	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_rsb20-0900zzz6taabe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_m1-8mm-sc	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_m1-8sfp	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_m1-8sm-sc	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_m1-8tp-rj45	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach102-24tp-f	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach102-24tp-fr	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach102-8tp	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach102-8tp-f	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach102-8tp-fr	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach102-8tp-r	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-16tx-poep	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-16tx-poep-l3p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-16tx-poep_\+2x	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-16tx-poep_\+2x-l3p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-16tx-poep_\+2x_-e	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-16tx-poep_\+2x_-e-l3p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-16tx-poep_\+2x_-r	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-16tx-poep_\+2x_-r-l3p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-16tx-poep_-e	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-16tx-poep_-e-l3p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-16tx-poep_-r	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-16tx-poep_-r-l3p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-20tx-f	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-20tx-f-4poe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-20tx-f-l3p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-20tx-fr	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach104-20tx-fr-l3p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach4002-24g\+3x-l2p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach4002-24g\+3x-l3e	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach4002-24g\+3x-l3p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach4002-24g-l2p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach4002-24g-l3e	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach4002-24g-l3p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach4002-48g\+3x-l2p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach4002-48g\+3x-l3e	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach4002-48g\+3x-l3p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach4002-48g-l2p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach4002-48g-l3e	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_mach4002-48g-l3p	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_ms20-0800eccp	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_ms20-0800saae	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_ms20-0800saap	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_ms20-1600eccp	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_ms20-1600saae	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_ms20-1600saap	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_ms30-0802saae	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_ms30-0802saap	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_ms30-1602saae	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_16m	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_16m-8poe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_16m-train	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_16m-train-bp	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_24m	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_24m-8_poe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_24m-train	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_24m-train-bp	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_5tx_eec	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_8m	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_8m-6poe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_8m-8poe	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_8m-train	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_8m-train-bp	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_8tx-eec	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_8tx_poe-eec	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os20-000900t5t5tafbhh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os20-000900t5t5tnebhh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os20-0010001m1mtrephh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os20-0010001s1strephh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os20-0010004m4mtrephh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os20-0010004s4strephh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os20-001000t5t5tafuhb	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os20-001000t5t5tneuhb	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os24-080900t5t5tffbhh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os24-080900t5t5tnebhh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os24-081000t5t5tffuhb	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os24-081000t5t5tneuhb	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os30	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os30-0008021a1atrephh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os30-0008021b1btrephh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os30-0008024a4atrephh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os30-0008024b4btrephh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os32-080802o6o6tpephh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os32-080802t6t6tpephh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os32-081602o6o6tpephh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os32-081602t6t6tpephh	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os34	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os3x-xx16xxx	-	Yes
Hardware	belden	hirschmann_octopus_os3x-xx24xxx	-	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103340 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-065-01 Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103340 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-065-01 Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For belden's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.