CVE-2021-22285 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-22285

SECURITY – Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in SPIET800 INFI-Net to Ethernet Transfer module and PNI800 S+ Ethernet communication interface module

Vulnerability Description

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions, Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in the ABB SPIET800 and PNI800 module that allows an attacker to cause the denial of service or make the module unresponsive.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • ABB thanks Lance Lamont from Verve Industrial Protection and Ron Brash from Verve Industrial Protection/aDolus Technology Inc. helping to identify the vulnerabilities and protecting our customers.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

SPIET800, PNI800
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: February 4th, 2022
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-755 CWE-754

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Execution
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1562 Impair Defenses
Defense Evasion
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection