SB2017110105 - Privilege escalation in Trihedral Engineering Limited VTScada
Published: November 1, 2017
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14029)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure .dll loading mechanism when opening files. A local attacker can place a file along with specially crafted .dll file and execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
2) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14031)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access control. A local attacker can gain elevated privileges and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.