VDB-264124 · CVE-2024-28133 · VDE-2024-019

Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3150 up to 1.5.1 CHARX System Utility untrusted search path

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
7.6	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3000, CHARX SEC-3050, CHARX SEC-3100 and CHARX SEC-3150 up to 1.5.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component CHARX System Utility. Executing a manipulation can lead to untrusted search path. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-28133. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Phoenix Contact CHARX SEC-3000, CHARX SEC-3050, CHARX SEC-3100 and CHARX SEC-3150 up to 1.5.1. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component CHARX System Utility. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A local low privileged attacker can use an untrusted search path in a CHARX system utility to gain root privileges.

The weakness was shared by Sina Kheirkhah as VDE-2024-019. The advisory is shared for download at cert.vde.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-28133 since 03/05/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/14/2024). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.

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

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Phoenix Contact

Name

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.8
CNA Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Untrusted search path
CWE: CWE-426
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

03/05/2024 🔍
05/14/2024 +69 days 🔍
05/14/2024 +0 days 🔍
05/14/2024 +0 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: VDE-2024-019
Researcher: Sina Kheirkhah
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-28133 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-28133
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-264124

Entryinfo

Created: 05/14/2024 10:46
Changes: 05/14/2024 10:46 (62)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103