LAquis SCADA up to 4.1.0.3870 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in LAquis SCADA up to 4.1.0.3870. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-17899. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in LAquis SCADA up to 4.1.0.3870 (SCADA Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

LAquis SCADA Versions 4.1.0.3870 and prior has a path traversal vulnerability, which may allow remote code execution.

The bug was discovered 10/16/2018. The weakness was disclosed 10/17/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at laquisscada.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-17899 since 10/02/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371275 (LAquis SCADA Multiple Vulnerabilities).

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 105719†). The entries VDB-125674, VDB-125675, VDB-125676 and VDB-125678 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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10/02/2018 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: laquisscada.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-17899 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-17899
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-125677
X-Force: 151420
SecurityFocus: 105719

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/17/2018 19:03
Updated: 05/29/2023 16:24
Changes: 10/17/2018 19:03 (58), 04/04/2020 18:48 (1), 05/29/2023 16:24 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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