ABB AC500 V3 up to 3.7.x path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in ABB AC500 V3 up to 3.7.x. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-12429. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in ABB AC500 V3 up to 3.7.x and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could grant read access to files. A vulnerability exists in the AC500 V3 version mentioned. A successfully authenticated attacker can use this vulnerability to read system wide files and configuration All AC500 V3 products (PM5xxx) with firmware version earlier than 3.8.0 are affected by this vulnerability.

The weakness was released by D. Blagojevic, S. Dietz and T. Weber. The advisory is shared at search.abb.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-12429 since 12/10/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of 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.

Upgrading to version 3.8.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• ABB

Name

• AC500 V3

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7

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• commercial

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