CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
0.4%
ICS-CERT originally released Advisory ICSA-12-177-01P on the US-CERT Portal on July 05, 2012. This web page release was delayed to provide the vendor time to contact customers concerning this information.
Independent researcher Carlos Mario Penagos Hollmann has identified an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability, commonly referred to as a dll hijack, in Invensysβs Wonderware InTouch application. Successfully exploiting this vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution.
ICS-CERT has coordinated the report with Invensys, which has produced an upgrade to address this vulnerability. Mr. Hollmann has validated that the upgrade resolves the reported vulnerability.
A vulnerability has been discovered in a common dll component used by InTouch and other Wonderware System Platform products. The following Invensys products contain the vulnerable dll and are affected:
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Impact to individual organizations depends on many factors that are unique to each organization. ICS-CERT recommends that organizations evaluate the impact of this vulnerability based on their operational environment, architecture, and product implementation.
The Invensys Wonderware InTouch HMI is used in many industries worldwide, including manufacturing, energy, food and beverage, chemical, and water and wastewater. The Information Server provides industrial information content including process graphics, trends, and reports. The Invensys Wonderware InTouch HMI Web Client provides access to these reports, analyses, and write back capabilities to processes.
InTouch uses an open or uncontrolled search path to find resources, which could allow anunauthorized user to easily locate and exploit one or more locations. An unauthorized user could place a malicious dll in a directory where it could be loaded before the valid dll. An attacker must have access to the host file system to exploit this vulnerability. The exploit is only triggered when a local user runs the vulnerable application and loads a malformed dll file.
CVE-2012-3005NVD, http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-3005, NIST uses this advisory to create the CVE Web site report. This Web site will be active sometime after publication of this advisory. has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v2 Base Score of 6.6 has also been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C).
This vulnerability cannot be exploited remotely or without user interaction. The exploit is only triggered when a local user runs the vulnerable application and loads a malformed dll file.
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability.
An attacker with a moderate skill level would be able to exploit this vulnerability.
Invensys has provided instructions and a link to the software download that can be found here: https://wdn.wonderware.com/sites/WDN/Pages/Downloads/Software.aspx.
Any machine running one or more of the products listed above is affected and should be patched. No other components of the Wonderware installed products are affected. Install the Security Update using instructions provided in the ReadMe file for the product and component being installed. In general, the user should:
ICS-CERT encourages asset owners to take additional defensive measures to protect against this and other cybersecurity risks.
The Control Systems Security Program (CSSP) also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the CSSP Web page. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
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