Rockwell Automation RSLinx Classic and FactoryTalk Linx Gateway Privilege Escalation Vendor: Rockwell Automation, Inc. Product web page: https://www.rockwellautomation.com Affected version: Rockwell Automation RSLinx Classic 3.90.01 Rockwell Automation RSLinx Classic 3.73.00 Rockwell Automation RSLinx Classic 3.72.00 Rockwell Automation RSLinx Classic 2.58.00 Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Linx Gateway 3.90.00 Summary: The FactoryTalk Linx Gateway adds a Classic OPC DA and OPC UA server interface to deliver information collected by FactoryTalk Linx from Logix5000aC/ and other Allen-BradleyA(r) controllers to external OPC clients, permitting third-party software to coexist with FactoryTalkA(r) software. RSLinx Classic is the most widely-installed Communications software in automation today. All editions of RSLinx Classic deliver the ability to browse your automation networks, configure and diagnose network devices. RSLinx Classic supports a wide range of applications through a scalable offerings that provide both DDE and Classic OPC DA data servers to permit 3rd party software to access information within your control system. Desc: The application suffers from an unquoted search path issue impacting the service 'dnwhodisp' for Windows deployed as part of RSLinx and FactoryTalk. This could potentially allow an authorized but non-privileged local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the system. A successful attempt would require the local user to be able to insert their code in the system root path undetected by the OS or other security applications where it could potentially be executed during application startup or reboot. If successful, the local user's code would execute with the elevated privileges of the application. Tested on: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (EN) Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko 'LiquidWorm' Krstic @zeroscience Advisory ID: ZSL-2018-5473 Advisory URL: https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2018-5473.php NCCIC ID: ICSA-18-158-01 NCCIC URL: https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-158-01 CVE ID: CVE-2018-10619 CVE URL: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2018-10619 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10619 Bugtraq ID: 104415 Bugtraq URL: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104415 11.12.2017 -- C:\>sc qc dnwhodisp [SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS SERVICE_NAME: dnwhodisp TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS START_TYPE : 3 DEMAND_START ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockwell Software\RSLINX\dnwhodisp.exe LOAD_ORDER_GROUP : TAG : 0 DISPLAY_NAME : dnWhoDisp DEPENDENCIES : RPCSS SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem