Trihedral VTScada DoS / XSS / Information Disclosure

2017.07.01
Credit: Karn Ganeshen
Risk: Low
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Vendor: Trihedral Equipment: VTScada Vulnerability: Resource Consumption, Cross-Site Scripting, Information Exposure Advisory URL: https://ipositivesecurity.com/2017/06/15/ics-trihedral-vtscada-multiple-vulnerabilities/ ICS-CERT Advisory https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-164-01 ------------------------ AFFECTED PRODUCTS ------------------------ The following versions of VTScada, an HMI SCADA software, are affected: VTScada Versions prior to 11.2.26 ------------------------ IMPACT ------------------------ Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in uncontrolled resource consumption, arbitrary code execution, or information exposure. ------------------------ VULNERABILITY OVERVIEW ------------------------ UNCONTROLLED RESOURCE CONSUMPTION CWE-400 <https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html> The client does not properly validate the input or limit the amount of resources that are utilized by an attacker, which can be used to consume more resources than are available. CVE-2017-6043 <http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-6043> has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H <https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H> ). Exploitation Note that this vulnerability targets the VTScada thick client installed on the system. Any application user (including a non-admin, restricted user) who has access to the thick client can potentially bring down the system. Payload can be up to ~80k characters. Repeated attempts result in spiked CPU usage & consumption of RAM / page resources. Where a full-blown application (or multiple applications in production scenario) is deployed, i.e. with an operational/functional configuration, memory/CPU usage is notably higher than that of a test, blank application. Repeatedly submitting such a large username input, rapidly consumes available server memory resources leading to resource exhaustion. This forces a system reboot eventually. Where an endpoint security solution (such as AV/HIPS/Anti-Malware) is deployed on the system, resource exhaustion may be achieved relatively much faster (quickly). CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING CWE-79 <https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html> A cross-site scripting vulnerability may allow JavaScript code supplied by the attacker to execute within the useras browser. CVE-2017-6053 <http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-6053> has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N <https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N> ). Exploitation Multiple URLs and parameters were found to vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting. INFORMATION EXPOSURE CWE-548 <https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/548.html> Some files are exposed within the web server application to unauthenticated users. These files may contain sensitive configuration information. CVE-2017-6045 <http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-6045> has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N <https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N> ). +++++


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