External control of file name or path in Advantech Co., Ltd products - CVE-2018-7495

 

External control of file name or path in Advantech Co., Ltd products - CVE-2018-7495

Published: May 16, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12757
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7495
CWE-ID: CWE-73
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Advantech Co., Ltd
Affected software:
Advantech WebAccess
WebAccess Dashboard
WebAccess Scada Node
WebAccess/NMS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary files on the target system.

The weakness exists due to external control of file name or path. A remote attacker can delete arbitrary files.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-7495

Update WebAccess Scada Note to version 8.3.1.

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