VDB-78077 · CVE-2015-6463 · BID 76846

CodeWrights HART Comm DTM privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in CodeWrights HART Comm DTM. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-6463. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in CodeWrights HART Comm DTM (version now known). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

CodeWrights HART Comm DTM components, as used with Endress+Hauser FieldCare, allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a longtag XML schema containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

The weakness was disclosed 09/28/2015 by Alexander with Digital Security (Website). The advisory is shared at ics-cert.us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-6463 since 08/17/2015. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 76846†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55400†). 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: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

08/17/2015 🔍
09/24/2015 +38 days 🔍
09/24/2015 +0 days 🔍
09/27/2015 +3 days 🔍
09/28/2015 +1 days 🔍
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12/28/2015 +91 days 🔍
06/19/2018 +904 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ics-cert.us-cert.gov
Researcher: Alexander
Organization: Digital Security
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2015-6463 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-6463
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78077
SecurityFocus: 76846 - Endress+Hauser Fieldcare and Codewrights HART Comm DTM XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 55400 - CodeWrights HART Comm DTM components Remote File System Read and DoS due to an XXE Issue, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 09/28/2015 09:30
Updated: 06/19/2018 21:09
Changes: 09/28/2015 09:30 (46), 06/19/2018 21:09 (11)
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Cache ID: 216:A37:103

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