Schneider Electric Struxureware Building Operations Automation Server msh access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Schneider Electric Struxureware Building Operations Automation Server up to AS 1.7/AS-P 1.7. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component msh. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-2278. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Schneider Electric Struxureware Building Operations Automation Server up to AS 1.7/AS-P 1.7 (Automation Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component msh. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Schneider Electric Struxureware Building Operations Automation Server AS 1.7 and earlier and AS-P 1.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary OS commands by defeating an msh (aka Minimal Shell) protection mechanism.

The weakness was published 03/02/2016 by Karn Ganeshen (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ics-cert.us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-2278 since 02/08/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

A public exploit has been developed by Karn Ganeshen and been published 22 hours after the advisory. The exploit is available 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 (39522), SecurityFocus (BID 83796†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56867†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Karn Ganeshen
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Saint ID: schneider_electric_sbo_as_msh
Saint Name: Schneider Electric StruxureWare Building Operation Automation Server msh bypass

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01/24/2016 🔍
02/08/2016 +15 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: schneider-electric.com

Advisory: ics-cert.us-cert.gov
Researcher: Karn Ganeshen
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-2278 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2278
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81140
SecurityFocus: 83796 - Schneider Electric Application Server CVE-2016-2278 OS Command Injection Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 56867 - Schneider Electric Automation Server 1.7 and Earlier Remote Code Execution due to Weak Credentials Management, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/03/2016 10:19 AM
Updated: 07/26/2024 01:59 AM
Changes: 03/03/2016 10:19 AM (65), 08/24/2018 09:25 AM (15), 07/26/2024 01:59 AM (17)
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