Advantech WebAccess 5.0/6.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Advantech WebAccess 5.0/6.0. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-0237. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Advantech WebAccess 5.0/6.0 (SCADA Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Advantech/BroadWin WebAccess before 7.0 allows remote attackers to (1) enable date and time syncing or (2) disable date and time syncing via a crafted URL.

The weakness was presented 02/21/2012 by Luigi Auriemma with Information and Communication Security Technology (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-0237 since 12/21/2011. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11895 (Advantech/BroadWin WebAccess Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (73271), SecurityFocus (BID 52051†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34682†). See VDB-60302, VDB-60301, VDB-60300 and VDB-60299 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WebAccess 5.0

Timelineinfo

12/21/2011 🔍
02/16/2012 +57 days 🔍
02/21/2012 +5 days 🔍
02/21/2012 +0 days 🔍
02/21/2012 +0 days 🔍
03/19/2012 +27 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1099 days 🔍
04/10/2017 +749 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: advantech.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Organization: Information and Communication Security Technology
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-0237 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0237
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60293
X-Force: 73271
SecurityFocus: 52051 - Advantech WebAccess Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 34682 - Advantech/BroadWin WebAccess Before 7.0 Allows Remote Date and Time Syncing Modifications, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 04/10/2017 11:59
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (52), 04/10/2017 11:59 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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