Phoenix Contact FL SWITCH 3xxx/FL SWITCH 4xxx/FL SWITCH 48xx up to 1.33 os command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Phoenix Contact FL SWITCH 3xxx, FL SWITCH 4xxx and FL SWITCH 48xx up to 1.33. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in os command injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-10730. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Phoenix Contact FL SWITCH 3xxx, FL SWITCH 4xxx and FL SWITCH 48xx up to 1.33. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

All Phoenix Contact managed FL SWITCH 3xxx, 4xxx, 48xx products running firmware version 1.0 to 1.33 are prone to OS command injection.

The bug was discovered 05/17/2018. The weakness was presented 05/17/2018 with Positive Technologies (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cert.vde.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-10730 since 05/04/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 104231†). See VDB-117947, VDB-117946 and VDB-117949 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Phoenix Contact

Name

• FL SWITCH 3xxx
• FL SWITCH 4xxx
• FL SWITCH 48xx

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33

License

• commercial

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