Information disclosure in Advantech WebAccess - CVE-2014-0772

 

Information disclosure in Advantech WebAccess - CVE-2014-0772

Published: April 12, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41831
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0772
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Advantech Co., Ltd
Affected software:
Advantech WebAccess

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The OpenUrlToBufferTimeout method in the BWOCXRUN.BwocxrunCtrl.1 ActiveX control in bwocxrun.ocx in Advantech WebAccess before 7.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a file: URL.


How to mitigate CVE-2014-0772

Install update from vendor's website.

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