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CVE-2018-17896· NVD / CVE Program· CNA icscert

Yokogawa STARDOM Controllers FCJ, FCN-100, FCN-RTU, FCN-500, All versions R4.10 and prior, The affected controllers utilize hard-coded crede

Yokogawa STARDOM Controllers FCJ, FCN-100, FCN-RTU, FCN-500, All versions R4.10 and prior, The affected controllers utilize hard-coded credentials which may allow an attacker gain unauthorized access to the maintenance functions and obtain or modify information. This attack can be executed only during maintenance work.

HighCVSS 8.1 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Oct 12, 2018
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.2% · 67th percentile
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Action score

32

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.2%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
yokogawafcj firmware
yokogawafcj
yokogawafcn-100 firmware
yokogawafcn-100
yokogawafcn-rtu firmware
yokogawafcn-rtu
yokogawafcn-500 firmware
yokogawafcn-500

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • yokogawa fcj firmwareup to r4.10 inclusive
  • yokogawa fcn-100 firmwareup to r4.10 inclusive
  • yokogawa fcn-500 firmwareup to r4.10 inclusive
  • yokogawa fcn-rtu firmwareup to r4.10 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (icscert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Yokogawa STARDOM Controllers FCJ,FCN-100,FCN-RTU, FCN-500

    • All versions prior to version X.Xaffected

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2018-10592Yokogawa STARDOM FCJ controllers R4.02 and prior, FCN-100 controllers R4.02 and prior, FCN-RTU controllers R4.02 and prior, and FCN-500 cont
    41Plan
  • CVE-2018-17900Yokogawa STARDOM Controllers FCJ, FCN-100, FCN-RTU, FCN-500, All versions R4.10 and prior, The web application improperly protects credentia
    40Plan
  • CVE-2018-17898Yokogawa STARDOM Controllers FCJ,FCN-100, FCN-RTU, FCN-500, All versions R4.10 and prior, The controller application fails to prevent memory
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2018-17902Yokogawa STARDOM Controllers FCJ, FCN-100, FCN-RTU, FCN-500, All versions R4.10 and prior, The application utilizes multiple methods of sess
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

For convenience in support or manufacturing, an account that is identical on every device is embedded in the software. Credentials learned from one device work on all of them.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const SUPPORT_USER = "support";const SUPPORT_PASS = "hardcoded-password";

Fixed

ts
const creds = await provisioning.deviceCredentials(deviceId);if (creds.mustRotate) await forcePasswordChange(deviceId);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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