Schneider Electric Pelco Sarix Professional up to 3.29 system.opkg.remove input validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Schneider Electric Pelco Sarix Professional up to 3.29 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation of the argument system.opkg.remove can lead to input validation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-7231. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Schneider Electric Pelco Sarix Professional up to 3.29 (SCADA Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument system.opkg.remove with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric's Pelco Sarix Professional in all firmware versions prior to 3.29.67 which could allow execution of commands due to lack of validation of the shell meta characters with the value of 'system.opkg.remove'.

The bug was discovered 03/01/2018. The weakness was presented 03/09/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at schneider-electric.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-7231 since 02/19/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 3.29.67 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-114325, VDB-114326, VDB-114334 and VDB-114335 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• SCADA Software

Vendor

• Schneider Electric

Name

• Pelco Sarix Professional

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.10
• 3.11
• 3.12
• 3.13
• 3.14
• 3.15
• 3.16
• 3.17
• 3.18
• 3.19
• 3.20
• 3.21
• 3.22
• 3.23
• 3.24
• 3.25
• 3.26
• 3.27
• 3.28
• 3.29

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.schneider-electric.com/

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