Advisory Details

July 12th, 2018

Eaton 9000XDrive TLF File Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2018-8847
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Eaton
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	9000XDrive
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Eaton 9000XDrive. 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 a TLF file. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current 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-18-193-01
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2018-02-23 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2018-07-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory 2018-07-12 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT	Ghirmay Desta

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