Progea Movicon Powerhmi up to 11.0.1017 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Progea Movicon Powerhmi up to 11.0.1017. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-3491. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Progea Movicon Powerhmi up to 11.0.1017. It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Progea Movicon / PowerHMI 11.2.1085 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative Content-Length field.

The weakness was released 09/16/2011 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-3491. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/02/2025).

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12137.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (69787), Exploit-DB (17842), SecurityFocus (BID 49605†), OSVDB (75494†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33383†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-58524 and VDB-58523. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2011-3491 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3491
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58516
X-Force: 69787
SecurityFocus: 49605 - Progea Movicon Multiple Heap Based Buffer Overflow and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 75494
Vulnerability Center: 33383 - Progea Movicon \x3C\x3D11.2.1085 Remote DoS or Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 04/02/2025 06:20
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (52), 04/03/2017 10:39 (12), 11/20/2021 08:35 (2), 04/02/2025 06:20 (19)
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