Check Point Advisories

Schneider Electric Modicon Remote Code Execution (CVE-2017-6026)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2017-1955
Date Published: 14 Apr 2025
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 14 April, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2017-6026
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Schneider Electric Modicon M251 firmware 4.0.3.20 and prior
Schneider Electric Modicon M241 firmware 4.0.3.20 and prior
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric Modicon. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Schneider Electric Modicon Remote Code Execution (CVE-2017-6026) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  SCADA Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Schneider Electric Modicon Remote Code Execution (CVE-2017-6026)

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