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Schneider Modicon Remote START/STOP Command

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Disclosed
Apr 5, 2012
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

The Schneider Modicon with Unity series of PLCs use Modbus function
code 90 (0x5a) to perform administrative commands without authentication.
This module allows a remote user to change the state of the PLC between
STOP and RUN, allowing an attacker to end process control by the PLC.

This module is based on the original 'modiconstop.rb' Basecamp module from
DigitalBond.

Authors

K. Reid Wightman [email protected]
todb [email protected]

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use auxiliary/admin/scada/modicon_command
    msf auxiliary(modicon_command) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(modicon_command) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(modicon_command) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(modicon_command) > run
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