Software House Vulnerability Allows Inside Attacker To Open Doors

Author: Brian Karas, Published on Jan 17, 2018

A vulnerability in Software House IP-ACM modules allows an attacker to potentially unlock doors, or perform other actions, on affected systems. Many affected systems are unable to fixed with a software patch, requiring hardware replacement instead.

IPVM spoke with Software House executives to get more details on this exploit, in this report we provide an assessment of the risk in vulnerable systems, and what Software House recommends for affected users.

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Comments (4)

Undisclosed Integrator #1

01/17/18 02:47pm

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Brian Karas

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #1 | 01/17/18 02:59pm

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In reply to Brian Karas | 01/17/18 07:51pm

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