01 Record
CVE-2018-5401
The Auto-Maskin DCU 210E, RP-210E, and Marine Pro Observer Android App transmit sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: certcc
CNA base score9.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
The Auto-Maskin DCU 210E, RP-210E, and Marine Pro Observer Android App transmit sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 58.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-10-08 15:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 03:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-01-12
- Assigning CNA
- certcc
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-319Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive InformationBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 285c5e5f19039678cf67844081f07ea998b081c22c93d651e46fe4b7b61de8b4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#176301https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/176301
- www.us-cert.govhttps://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-051-04
07 Remediation
The devices should implement Modbus TCP Security Protocol (v21, 2018) per Modbus specifications over port 802 TCP, for Modbus TCP with encryption and authentication.