Phoenix Contact PLCnext Engineer up to 2020.3.1 Project File path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Phoenix Contact PLCnext Engineer up to 2020.3.1. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation as part of Project File leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-12499. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Phoenix Contact PLCnext Engineer up to 2020.3.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation as part of a Project File leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In PHOENIX CONTACT PLCnext Engineer version 2020.3.1 and earlier an improper path sanitation vulnerability exists on import of project files.

The weakness was shared 07/21/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at cert.vde.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-12499 since 04/30/2020. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple 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.

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

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Timelineinfo

04/30/2020 🔍
07/21/2020 +82 days 🔍
07/22/2020 +1 days 🔍
11/05/2020 +106 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cert.vde.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-12499 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-12499
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-158849

Entryinfo

Created: 07/22/2020 08:03
Updated: 11/05/2020 09:10
Changes: 07/22/2020 08:03 (37), 07/22/2020 08:08 (11), 11/05/2020 09:10 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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