Trihedral VTScada Filter Bypass Information Disclosure Vulnerability

July 1st, 2016
ZDI-16-404 ZDI-CAN-3512

CVE ID

CVE-2016-4510

CVSS Score

5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Vendors

Trihedral Engineering Ltd

Affected Products

VTScada

Vulnerability Details


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Trihedral VTScada. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of Wireless Application Protocol requests. The issue lies in the failure to properly validate user-supplied filenames. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose the contents of arbitrary files under the context of the user running the service.

Additional Details

Trihedral Engineering Ltd has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-159-01

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2016-02-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2016-07-01 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Anonymous

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