B&R Industrial Automation Studio/NET PVI prior 4.9.4 SP unquoted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in B&R Industrial Automation Studio and NET PVI. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes unquoted search path. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-24682. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in B&R Industrial Automation Studio and NET PVI (Automation Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in B&R Industrial Automation Automation Studio, B&R Industrial Automation NET/PVI allows Target Programs with Elevated Privileges.This issue affects Automation Studio: from 4.6.0 through 4.6.X, from 4.7.0 before 4.7.7 SP, from 4.8.0 before 4.8.6 SP, from 4.9.0 before 4.9.4 SP; NET/PVI: from 4.6.0 through 4.6.X, from 4.7.0 before 4.7.7, from 4.8.0 before 4.8.6, from 4.9.0 before 4.9.4.

The weakness was released 02/02/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at br-automation.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-24682 since 08/26/2020. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574.009 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 4.7.7, 4.7.7 SP, 4.8.6, 4.8.6 SP, 4.9.4 or 4.9.4 SP eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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Class: Unquoted search path
CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Studio/NET PVI 4.7.7/4.7.7 SP/4.8.6/4.8.6 SP/4.9.4/4.9.4 SP

Timelineinfo

08/26/2020 🔍
02/02/2024 +1255 days 🔍
02/02/2024 +0 days 🔍
02/25/2024 +23 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: br-automation.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-24682 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-24682
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-252691

Entryinfo

Created: 02/02/2024 08:46
Updated: 02/25/2024 07:44
Changes: 02/02/2024 08:46 (47), 02/25/2024 07:44 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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