VDB-112418 · CVE-2018-5445 · BID 102781

Advantech WebAccess SCADA up to 8.2 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Advantech WebAccess SCADA up to 8.2. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-5445. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Advantech WebAccess SCADA up to 8.2 (SCADA Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

A Path Traversal issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA versions prior to V8.2_20170817. An attacker has read access to files within the directory structure of the target device.

The bug was discovered 01/23/2018. The weakness was presented 01/25/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-5445 since 01/12/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for 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 vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11860 (Advantech WebAccess Multiple Security Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 8.2_20170817 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 102781†). See VDB-105985, VDB-105986, VDB-105987 and VDB-105988 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WebAccess SCADA 8.2_20170817

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01/12/2018 🔍
01/23/2018 +10 days 🔍
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01/24/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/25/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/25/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/01/2021 +1103 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: advantech.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: rgod working with Trend Micro???s Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-5445 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-5445
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112418
SecurityFocus: 102781

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/25/2018 14:58
Updated: 02/01/2021 16:14
Changes: 01/25/2018 14:58 (62), 12/27/2019 15:12 (1), 02/01/2021 16:14 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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