Advisory Details

October 24th, 2018

Advantech WebAccess Node bwmakdir Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2018-14816
CVSS SCORE	9.3, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Advantech
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	WebAccess Node
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Advantech WebAccess Node. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within bwmakdir.exe, which is accessed through the 0x2711 IOCTL in the webvrpcs process. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this functionality to execute code under the context of Administrator.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Advantech has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-296-01
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2018-05-29 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2018-10-24 - Coordinated public release of advisory 2018-10-24 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT	Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

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