Privilege escalation in SpiderControl SCADA Web Server

1) Privilege escalation

EUVDB-ID: #VU8167

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12728

CWE-ID: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The weakness exists due to improper privilege management. A local attacker can alter service executables and execute arbitrary code under the context of the current system services.

Mitigation

Update to version 2.02.0100.

Vulnerable software versions

SCADA Webserver: All versions

External links

http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-250-01

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.