Authentication bypass in VTScada - CVE-2016-4510

 

Authentication bypass in VTScada - CVE-2016-4510

Published: July 6, 2016 / Updated: July 12, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4510
CWE-ID: CWE-255
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Trihedral Engineering Ltd
Affected software:
VTScada

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due improper validation of user-supplied filenames. A remote unauthenticated attacker can download or view arbitrary files.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-4510

Trihedral Engineering Ltd. has created an updated software version 11.2.02, available at:

ftp://ftp.trihedral.com/VTS/

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