Code injection in LAquis SCADA - CVE-2018-19002

 

Code injection in LAquis SCADA - CVE-2018-19002

Published: January 16, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17003
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2018-19002
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote 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 remote attacker to inject arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper control of generation of code. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted report format file and inject arbitrary code to trigger data exfiltration, cause a system crash or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-19002

Update to version 4.1.0.4150.

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