1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- CVSS v3 7.3
- ATTENTION: Low attack complexity
- Vendor: AVEVA
- Equipment: AVEVA Edge products (formerly known as InduSoft Web Studio)
- Vulnerability: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
2. RISK EVALUATION
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in an attacker achieving arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation by tricking AVEVA Edge to load an unsafe DLL.
3. TECHNICAL DETAILS
3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS
The following AVEVA Edge products (formerly known as InduSoft Web Studio) are affected:
- AVEVA Edge: 2020 R2 SP2 and prior
3.2 Vulnerability Overview
3.2.1 UNCONTROLLED SEARCH PATH ELEMENT CWE-427
The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow a malicious entity with access to the file system to achieve arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation by tricking AVEVA Edge to load an unsafe DLL.
CVE-2023-6132 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
3.3 BACKGROUND
- CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS: Multiple
- COUNTRIES/AREAS DEPLOYED: Worldwide
- COMPANY HEADQUARTERS LOCATION: United States
3.4 RESEARCHER
Ting Chen of UESTC discovered and disclosed this vulnerability to AVEVA. ADLab of Venustech discovered and disclosed this vulnerability to AVEVA.
4. MITIGATIONS
AVEVA recommends users upgrade to AVEVA Edge 2023, or AVEVA Edge 2020 R2 SP2 P01 as soon as possible. Upgrades can be downloaded from the AVEVA official website: This article has been indexed from All CISA Advisories