CVE-2014-5208

high

Published 2014-12-22 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

BKBCopyD.exe in the Batch Management Packages in Yokogawa CENTUM CS 3000 through R3.09.50 and CENTUM VP through R4.03.00 and R5.x through R5.04.00, and Exaopc through R3.72.10, does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a RETR operation, write to arbitrary files via a STOR operation, or obtain sensitive database-location information via a PMODE operation, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0784.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_admin/scada/yokogawa_bkbcopyd_client rank 300

Yokogawa BKBCopyD.exe Client

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
yokogawa	exaopc	`{"endIncluding":"3.71.10"}`
yokogawa	centum_cs_3000	`r3.01`
yokogawa	centum_cs_3000	`r3.02`
yokogawa	centum_cs_3000	`r3.03`
yokogawa	centum_cs_3000	`r3.04`
yokogawa	centum_cs_3000	`r3.05`
yokogawa	centum_cs_3000	`r3.06`
yokogawa	centum_cs_3000	`r3.07`
yokogawa	centum_cs_3000	`r3.08`
yokogawa	centum_cs_3000	`r3.08.50`
yokogawa	centum_cs_3000	`r3.08.70`
yokogawa	centum_cs_3000	`r3.09`
yokogawa	centum_cs_3000	`r3.09.50`
yokogawa	centum_vp	`{"endIncluding":"r4.03.00"}`
yokogawa	centum_vp	`r5.01.00`
yokogawa	centum_vp	`r5.01.20`
yokogawa	centum_vp	`r5.02.00`
yokogawa	centum_vp	`r5.03.00`

References

CWEs

CWE-284

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.