ICS security: Popular building management system vulnerable to takeover

Security researchers found a remotely exploitable critical vulnerability in a building management system used by businesses, hospitals, factories and other organizations to control things like ventilation, temperature, humidity, air pressure, lighting, secure doors and more. The vendor has released a firmware update, but hundreds of these systems are still exposed on the internet, highlighting the risks of remote management for ICS devices.

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-9569, was discovered by researchers from security firm McAfee and affects enteliBUS Manager (eBMGR), a control system that can be used to manage different I/O switches connected to things like sensors, alarms, motors, locks, valves and other industrial equipment. The system can also serve as a router for linking multiple Building Automation Control Network (BACnet) segments.

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