Privilege escalation in Subnet Solutions PowerSYSTEM Center

1) Unquoted Search Path or Element

EUVDB-ID: #VU84602

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6631

CWE-ID: CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to unquoted search path or element. A local user can insert arbitrary code into the unquoted service path and escalate privileges.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

PowerSYSTEM Center: 2020 5.0.0 - 2020 5.16.0

External links

http://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-353-01

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.