CVE-2021-33014 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An attacker can gain VxWorks Shell after login due to hard-coded credentials on a KUKA KR C4 control software for versions prior to 8.7 or any product running KSS.

Published: 2022-05-26

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

KUKA

KR C4

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All`	affected	< v8.7

KUKA

KSS (KUKA.SystemSoftware)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:kuka:kr_c4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:kuka:kr_c4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:kuka:kss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-19735	An attacker can gain VxWorks Shell after login due to hard-coded credentials on a KUKA KR C4 control software for versions prior to 8.7 or any product running KSS.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00151.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-208-01

History

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Kuka Kr C4 Kr C4 Firmware Kss

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published: 2022-05-26T16:33:08.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-16T17:53:08.881Z

Reserved: 2021-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-33014

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:42:20.055Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-26T17:15:08.390

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:08:07.673

Link: CVE-2021-33014

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-798

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