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
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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.