SB2018032707 - Privilege escalation in GE iFix
Published: March 27, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018032707
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17925)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the third-party ActiveX object provided to GE iFIX by Gigasoft due to boundary error when handling malicious input. A local attacker can supply specially crafted input, trigger memory corruption and gain elevated privileges to conduct further attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.