Improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in LAquis SCADA - CVE-2018-5463

 

Improper check or handling of exceptional conditions in LAquis SCADA - CVE-2018-5463

Published: April 6, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11612
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5463
CWE-ID: CWE-703
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Leão Consultoria e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas
Affected software:
LAquis SCADA

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper check or handling of exceptional conditions. A local attacker can trigger structured exception handler overflow and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise

How to mitigate CVE-2018-5463

Update to version 4.1.0.3774.

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