SB2018031335 - Privilege escalation in Beckhoff TwinCAT



SB2018031335 - Privilege escalation in Beckhoff TwinCAT

Published: March 13, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018031335
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Untrusted pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7502)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper validation of user-supplied pointer values. A local attacker can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.