Memory corruption in Advantech WebAccess - CVE-2017-12708
Published: August 30, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8037
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-2017-12708
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 weakness exists due to boundary error when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted data, trigger memory corruption and cause the system crash or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to boundary error when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted data, trigger memory corruption and cause the system crash or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Affected software
Advantech WebAccess