SB2017082301 - Privilege escalation in Automated Logic Corporation WebCTRL, i-Vu, SiteScan

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9644)

The vulnerability allows a local non-privileged attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to unquoted search path or element. A local attacker can change files in the installation directory and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

2) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9640)

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to path traversal. A remote attacker can overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

3) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9650)

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type. A remote attacker can upload malicious files and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-234-01