APSystems ECU-R 5203 Administration Interface timezone command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in APSystems ECU-R 5203. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Administration Interface. Executing a manipulation of the argument timezone can lead to command injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2022-45699. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in APSystems ECU-R 5203 and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Administration Interface. The manipulation of the argument timezone with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Command injection in the administration interface in APSystems ECU-R version 5203 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root using the timezone parameter.

The weakness was published 02/10/2023. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-45699 since 11/21/2022. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/24/2025). 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.

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Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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02/10/2023 +81 days 🔍
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03/24/2025 +773 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-45699 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-45699
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-220540

Entryinfo

Created: 02/10/2023 07:34
Updated: 03/24/2025 19:41
Changes: 02/10/2023 07:34 (40), 03/09/2023 13:26 (10), 03/24/2025 19:41 (16)
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