Privilege escalation in MXview - CVE-2017-14030

 

Privilege escalation in MXview - CVE-2017-14030

Published: January 11, 2018 / Updated: January 12, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9998
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:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14030
CWE-ID: CWE-427
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Moxa
Affected software:
MXview

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insecure .dll loading mechanism when opening files. A local attacker can place a file along with specially crafted .dll file on a remote SBM or WebDAV share and execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges..

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-14030

Update to version 2.9.

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