Type confusion in GUIcon Eurotherm - CVE-2018-7813

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Type confusion in GUIcon Eurotherm - CVE-2018-7813

Published: December 13, 2018 / Updated: December 14, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16538
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7813
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Schneider Electric
Affected software:
GUIcon Eurotherm

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to type confusion error on pcwin.dll. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into parsing a specially crafted GD1 file and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-7813

Update to version 2.0.683.003.

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