ABB IP Gateway up to 3.39 improper authentication

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in ABB IP Gateway up to 3.39. Affected is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authentication. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-7931. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in ABB IP Gateway up to 3.39. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In ABB IP GATEWAY 3.39 and prior, by accessing a specific uniform resource locator (URL) on the web server, a malicious user is able to access the configuration files and application pages without authentication.

The bug was discovered 06/05/2018. The weakness was presented 06/06/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-7931 since 04/18/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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.

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 104388†). See VDB-119007 and VDB-119009 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Vendor

• ABB

Name

• IP Gateway

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
• 3.30
• 3.31
• 3.32
• 3.33
• 3.34
• 3.35
• 3.36
• 3.37
• 3.38
• 3.39

License

• commercial

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