Eaton Intelligent Power Manager up to 1.67 Configuration File Request privileges assignment

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A vulnerability was found in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager up to 1.67. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Configuration File Handler. This manipulation as part of Request causes privileges assignment. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2020-6652. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager up to 1.67. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Configuration File Handler. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a privileges assignment vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-266. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Eaton's Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) v1.67 & prior allow non-admin users to upload the system configuration files by sending specially crafted requests. This can result in non-admin users manipulating the system configurations via uploading the configurations with incorrect parameters.

The weakness was published 05/07/2020. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-6652 since 01/09/2020. Attacking locally is a requirement. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entry is available at VDB-154914. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Eaton

Name

• Intelligent Power Manager

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
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43
• 1.44
• 1.45
• 1.46
• 1.47
• 1.48
• 1.49
• 1.50
• 1.51
• 1.52
• 1.53
• 1.54
• 1.55
• 1.56
• 1.57
• 1.58
• 1.59
• 1.60
• 1.61
• 1.62
• 1.63
• 1.64
• 1.65
• 1.66
• 1.67

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