Advantech WebAccess 5.0/6.0/7.0/7.1 ActiveX Control information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Advantech WebAccess 5.0/6.0/7.0/7.1. This affects an unknown part of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-2368. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Advantech WebAccess 5.0/6.0/7.0/7.1 (SCADA Software). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The BrowseFolder method in the bwocxrun ActiveX control in Advantech WebAccess before 7.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted call.

The weakness was released 07/19/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ics-cert.us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-2368 since 03/13/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-70390, VDB-70389, VDB-70388 and VDB-70387. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WebAccess 5.0

Timelineinfo

03/13/2014 🔍
07/19/2014 +128 days 🔍
07/19/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/26/2015 +250 days 🔍
10/06/2025 +3847 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: advantech.com

Advisory: ics-cert.us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-2368 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2368
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-70391
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 12:07
Updated: 10/06/2025 21:58
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (49), 03/11/2019 13:20 (1), 10/06/2025 21:58 (26)
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