Deserialization of Untrusted Data in fdtCONTAINER component and fdtCONTAINER application - CVE-2020-12525
Published: January 22, 2021 / Updated: January 25, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49956
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12525
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote authenticated attacker can use a specially crafted project file and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
This vulnerability affects the following versions:
- fdtCONTAINER component
- Versions between 3.5.0 and 3.5.20304.x
- Versions between 3.6.0 and 3.6.20304.x
- Versions older than 3.5
- fdtCONTAINER application
- Versions between 4.5.0 and 4.5.20304.x
- Versions between 4.6.0 and 4.6.20304.x
- Versions older than 4.5
- dtmINSPECTOR Version 3 (Based on FDT 1.2.x)
Affected software
fdtCONTAINER component
fdtCONTAINER application
SCADAPack RemoteConnect for x70
EcoStruxure Process Expert
EcoStruxure Control Expert
SCADAPack 470
SCADAPack 474
SCADAPack 570
SCADAPack 574
SCADAPack 575 RTUs
fdtCONTAINER application
SCADAPack RemoteConnect for x70
EcoStruxure Process Expert
EcoStruxure Control Expert
SCADAPack 470
SCADAPack 474
SCADAPack 570
SCADAPack 574
SCADAPack 575 RTUs
How to mitigate CVE-2020-12525
Install updates from vendor's website.
fdtCONTAINER component - update to 3.7
fdtCONTAINER application - update to 4.7
fdtCONTAINER application - update to 4.7