CVE-2015-0987

critical

Published 2015-10-06 · Modified 2026-06-02

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CVSS v3

10.0

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Omron CX-One CX-Programmer before 9.6, CJ2M PLC devices before 2.1, and CJ2H PLC devices before 1.5 rely on cleartext password transmission, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network during a PLC unlock request.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

98%

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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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
omron	cx-programmer	`{"endIncluding":"9.5"}`
omron	cj2h_plc	`{"endIncluding":"1.4"}`
omron	cj2m_plc	`{"endIncluding":"2.0"}`

References

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-15-274-01

CWEs

CWE-200 CWE-319

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

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