Deserialization of Untrusted Data in GENESIS64 and GENESIS32 - CVE-2020-12009

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in GENESIS64 and GENESIS32 - CVE-2020-12009

Published: June 19, 2020 / Updated: July 1, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU29164
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12009
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in GenBroker64/GenBroker32 component in Workbench Pack-and-Go function. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted PKGX files to execute arbitrary code.



Affected software

GENESIS64
GENESIS32
Energy AnalytiX
BizViz
Hyper Historian
MobileHMI

How to mitigate CVE-2020-12009

Install updates from vendor's website.

GENESIS64 - addressed in versions 10.95.2, 10.95.5, 10.96
GENESIS32 - addressed in versions 9.4, 9.5

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