InduSoft Web Studio up to 7.0 path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in InduSoft Web Studio up to 7.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in NTWebServer in InduSoft Web Studio 7.1 before SP2 Patch 4 allows remote attackers to read administrative passwords in APP files, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via unspecified web requests.

The weakness was presented 04/25/2014 by John Leitch (Website). The advisory is available at ics-cert.us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-0780 since 01/02/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122668 (InduSoft Web Studio NTWebServer Directory Traversal Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 7.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 1125.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (92775).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
ATT&CK: T1006

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Web Studio 7.1
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ics-cert.us-cert.gov
Researcher: John Leitch
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-0780 (🔍)
X-Force: 92775
Vulnerability Center: 45045 - InduSoft Web Studio 7.1 Remote Directory Traversal and Code Execution Vulnerability in NTWebServer, High
SecurityFocus: 67056 - InduSoft Web Studio CVE-2014-0780 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 03/15/2022 14:48
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (58), 05/31/2017 08:51 (5), 03/15/2022 14:48 (3)
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