Circutor PowerStudio SCADA 4.0.5 Unquoted Service Path Elevation Of Privilege
Title: Circutor PowerStudio SCADA 4.0.5 Unquoted Service Path Elevation Of Privilege
Advisory ID: ZSL-2015-5281
Type: Local
Impact: Privilege Escalation
Risk: (2/5)
Release Date: 05.12.2015
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (EN)
[19.10.2015] Vendor contacted.
[20.10.2015] Vendor responds asking more details.
[20.10.2015] Sent details to the vendor.
[21.10.2015] Vendor confirms the issue scheduling patch with new release.
[21.10.2015] Asked vendor when is the new version planned for release.
[29.10.2015] No reply from the vendor.
[30.10.2015] Asked vendor for status update.
[30.10.2015] Vendor informs that the new version will be released in two weeks.
[15.11.2015] Asked vendor for status update.
[04.12.2015] No response from the vendor.
[05.12.2015] Public security advisory released.
[10.12.2015] Vendor informs that the security issue will be resolved in the next version of PowerStudio 4.0.6.
[2] https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134656
[3] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/108570
[06.12.2015] - Added reference [1]
[07.12.2015] - Added reference [2]
[08.12.2015] - Added reference [3]
[10.12.2015] - Added vendor status
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Advisory ID: ZSL-2015-5281
Type: Local
Impact: Privilege Escalation
Risk: (2/5)
Release Date: 05.12.2015
Summary
CIRCUTOR's Electrical Energy Efficiency software (e3) is currently called PowerStudio and encompasses all of the tools needed to manage your power control equipment: from electricity, gas and water meters to reactive energy compensation systems and powerful power analyzers.Description
The application suffers from an unquoted search path issue impacting the services 'CircutorPowerStudioScadaServer' and 'CircutorPowerStudioServer' for Windows deployed as part of PowerStudio Series. 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.Vendor
CIRCUTOR SA - http://www.circutor.comAffected Version
PowerStudio SCADA 4.0.5 and OPC Server 1.4.1Tested On
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (EN)Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (EN)
Vendor Status
[12.10.2015] Vulnerability discovered.[19.10.2015] Vendor contacted.
[20.10.2015] Vendor responds asking more details.
[20.10.2015] Sent details to the vendor.
[21.10.2015] Vendor confirms the issue scheduling patch with new release.
[21.10.2015] Asked vendor when is the new version planned for release.
[29.10.2015] No reply from the vendor.
[30.10.2015] Asked vendor for status update.
[30.10.2015] Vendor informs that the new version will be released in two weeks.
[15.11.2015] Asked vendor for status update.
[04.12.2015] No response from the vendor.
[05.12.2015] Public security advisory released.
[10.12.2015] Vendor informs that the security issue will be resolved in the next version of PowerStudio 4.0.6.
PoC
powerstudio_eop.txtCredits
Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko Krstic - <gjoko@zeroscience.mk>References
[1] https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2015120046[2] https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134656
[3] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/108570
Changelog
[05.12.2015] - Initial release[06.12.2015] - Added reference [1]
[07.12.2015] - Added reference [2]
[08.12.2015] - Added reference [3]
[10.12.2015] - Added vendor status
Contact
Zero Science LabWeb: http://www.zeroscience.mk
e-mail: lab@zeroscience.mk
