CVE-2019-14925
mediumpriority · track · 26OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.013 · 69 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered on Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. ME-RTU devices through 2.02 and INEA ME-RTU devices through 3.0. A world-readable /usr/smartrtu/init/settings.xml configuration file on the file system allows an attacker to read sensitive configuration settings such as usernames, passwords, and other sensitive RTU data due to insecure permission assignment.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.
- MitigationsmartRTU and INEA ME-RTUcisa_csaf_ot
Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. recommends users update to firmware Version 3.3 or later.
https://www.inea.si/en/telemetrija-in-m2m-produkti/mertu-en/
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (5)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- mitsubishielectric smartrtu firmware≤ 2.02nvdUScpe:2.3:o:mitsubishielectric:smartrtu_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- ICSA-21-252-03Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. smartRTU and INEA ME-RTU2021-09-09icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to gain remote code execution, obtain credentials, and use credentials found to log into other affected devices.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14925cnnvd
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-252-03cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.3043cnnvd
- https://www.mogozobo.com/cnnvd
- https://www.mogozobo.com/?p=3593cnnvd
- https://www.mogozobo.com/enisa_euvd
- https://www.mogozobo.com/?p=3593enisa_euvd
- https://www.mogozobo.com/Third Party Advisorynvd
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