Advisory Details

November 19th, 2014

Rockwell Automation Connected Components Workbench RA.ViewElements.Row.1 Arbitrary Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-5424
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Rockwell Automation
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Connected Components Workbench
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['16533']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Rockwell Automation Connected Components Workbench. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the RA.ViewElements.Row.1 ActiveXControl method. By providing a malicious value to the BackColor property, an attacker can write an uncontrolled four byte value to an arbitrary location. An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code in the context of the browser.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Rockwell Automation has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-294-01
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-07-23 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-11-19 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi (rgod)

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