Advisory Details

July 15th, 2022

(Pwn2Own) Inductive Automation Ignition Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-22-1019
ZDI-CAN-17115

CVE ID CVE-2022-35872
CVSS SCORE 7.8, AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS Inductive Automation
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Ignition
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Inductive Automation Ignition. 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 parsing of ZIP files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Inductive Automation has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us/articles/7625759776653-Regarding-Pwn2Own-2022-Vulnerabilities
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2022-05-09 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2022-07-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Piotr Bazydlo (@chudypb)
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