CVE-2021-35535 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-35535

Insufficient Security Control Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

Insecure Boot Image vulnerability in Hitachi Energy Relion Relion 670/650/SAM600-IO series allows an attacker who manages to get access to the front network port and to cause a reboot sequences of the device may exploit the vulnerability, where there is a tiny time gap during the booting process where an older version of VxWorks is loaded prior to application firmware booting, could exploit the vulnerability in the older version of VxWorks and cause a denial-of-service on the product. This issue affects: Hitachi Energy Relion 670 Series 2.2.2 all revisions; 2.2.3 versions prior to 2.2.3.3. Hitachi Energy Relion 670/650 Series 2.2.0 all revisions; 2.2.4 all revisions. Hitachi Energy Relion 670/650/SAM600-IO 2.2.1 all revisions.

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:

  • Hitachi Energy thanks the following for working with us to help protect customers: U.S. Department of Energy CyTRICS researcher Riley Barello Myers.

Affected Vendor

Hitachi Energy

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Affected Software

Relion 670 Series, Relion 670/650 Series, Relion 670/650/SAM600-IO
Vulnerable Versions:
2.2.2 all revisions, 2.2.3, 2.2.0 all revisions, 2.2.4 all revisions, 2.2.1 all revisions

Timeline

Official Publish: November 18th, 2021
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.