Privilege escalation in Advantech WebAccess - CVE-2017-12713

 

Privilege escalation in Advantech WebAccess - CVE-2017-12713

Published: August 30, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8044
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12713
CWE-ID: CWE-732
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Advantech Co., Ltd
Affected software:
Advantech WebAccess

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to incorrect permission assignment. A local attacker can modify multiple files and folders with ACLs gain root access and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-12713


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