Privilege escalation in AmosConnect - CVE-2017-3222
Published: October 26, 2017 / Updated: October 27, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8956
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3222
CWE-ID: CWE-798
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to use of hard-coded credentials. A remote attacker can use a backdoor account to log into AmosConnect server, abuse AmosConnect Task Manager and execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges.
The weakness exists due to use of hard-coded credentials. A remote attacker can use a backdoor account to log into AmosConnect server, abuse AmosConnect Task Manager and execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges.
Affected software
AmosConnect
How to mitigate CVE-2017-3222
The vulnerability is addressed in version 7.