Mitsubishi Electric E-Designer Symbol xSize Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Mitsubishi Electric E-Designer. 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 processing of Symbol sections of a mpa (project specification) file. An value for the xSize specification will cause initialization to write outside the bounds of a heap buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the Administrator.
Additional Details
Mitsubishi Electric has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-213-01
Disclosure Timeline
- 2016-05-31 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
- 2017-08-01 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
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