Advantech EKI-6340 -/2.05 Utility pinghost os command injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Advantech EKI-6340 -/2.05 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Utility. The manipulation of the argument pinghost with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

cgi/utility.cgi in Advantech EKI-6340 2.05 Wi-Fi Mesh Access Point allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the pinghost parameter to ping.cgi.

The weakness was disclosed 11/20/2014 by Core Security with Core Security (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-8387 since 10/22/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (35357) and SecurityFocus (BID 71192†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Os command injection
CWE: CWE-78 / CWE-77 / CWE-74
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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10/22/2014 🔍
11/19/2014 +28 days 🔍
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03/27/2015 +127 days 🔍
07/14/2024 +3396 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: advantech.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Core Security
Organization: Core Security
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-8387 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8387
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-72922
SecurityFocus: 71192 - Advantech EKI-6340 CVE-2014-8387 Command Injection Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 02:56 PM
Updated: 07/14/2024 12:06 AM
Changes: 03/27/2015 02:56 PM (52), 03/15/2019 12:59 AM (5), 07/14/2024 12:06 AM (18)
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