Schneider Electric Interactive Graphical SCADA System up to 9.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Schneider Electric Interactive Graphical SCADA System up to 9.0 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2013-0657. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Schneider Electric Interactive Graphical SCADA System up to 9.0 (SCADA Software). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Schneider Electric Interactive Graphical SCADA System (IGSS) 10 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending TCP port-12397 data that does not comply with a protocol.

The weakness was released 01/21/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-0657 since 12/19/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/14/2025).

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.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 13014.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (81368) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-38305†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.1

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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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Saint ID: exploit_info/schneider_electric_igss_dcexe_overflow
Saint Name: Schneider Electric Interactive Graphical SCADA System Data Collector Overflow

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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05/30/2011 🔍
12/19/2012 +569 days 🔍
01/21/2013 +33 days 🔍
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02/05/2013 +15 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +777 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: schneider-electric.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-0657 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0657
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63381
X-Force: 81368
Vulnerability Center: 38305 - Schneider Electric Interactive Graphical SCADA System Buffer Overflow Allows Remote Code Execution, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 06/14/2025 09:14
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (59), 04/24/2017 13:11 (2), 12/21/2021 18:39 (2), 06/14/2025 09:14 (24)
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