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CVE-2021-31228

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-31228 is a vulnerability in HCC embedded InterNiche 4.0.1 that allows attackers to predict DNS query source ports, enabling the injection of forged DNS response packets. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) has a low attack complexity and can lead to high integrity impact, as it allows for DNS cache poisoning without sniffing specific requests. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has received some community attention and media coverage, highlighting its potential impact on critical industrial control devices.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hcc-embedded:nichestack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0127 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

forescout.com / blog/new-critical-operational-technology-vulnerabilities-found-on-nichestack
MitigationThird Party Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/608209
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource