Eaton ELCSoft Heap Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

July 7th, 2016
ZDI-16-408 ZDI-CAN-3675

CVE ID

CVE-2016-4509

CVSS Score

6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Vendors

Eaton

Affected Products

ELCSoft

Vulnerability Details


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Eaton ELCSoft. 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 processing of EPC files. Parsing a specially crafted EPC file can cause ELCSoft.exe to overwrite a TList object in memory. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the process.

Additional Details

Eaton has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-182-01

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2016-04-07 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2016-07-07 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Ariele Caltabiano (kimiya)

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