Elber Signum DVB-S/S2 IRD For Radio Networks 1.999 Authentication Bypass

Title: Elber Signum DVB-S/S2 IRD For Radio Networks 1.999 Authentication Bypass
Advisory ID: ZSL-2024-5814
Type: Local/Remote
Impact: Security Bypass, Privilege Escalation, System Access, DoS
Risk: (5/5)
Release Date: 17.04.2024
Summary
The SIGNUM controller from Elber satellite equipment demodulates one or two DVB-S/ S2 signals up to 32APSK (single/multi-stream), achieving 256 KS/s as minimum symbol rate. The TS demodulated signals can be aligned and configured in 1+1 seamless switching for redundancy. Redundancy can also be achieved with external ASI and TSoIP inputs. Signum supports MPEG-1 LI/II audio codec, providing analog and digital outputs; moreover, it’s possible to set a data PID to be decoded and passed to the internal RDS encoder, generating the dual MPX FM output.
Description
The device suffers from an authentication bypass vulnerability through a direct and unauthorized access to the password management functionality. The issue allows attackers to bypass authentication by manipulating the set_pwd endpoint that enables them to overwrite the password of any user within the system. This grants unauthorized and administrative access to protected areas of the application compromising the device's system security.
Vendor
Elber S.r.l. - https://www.elber.it
Affected Version
1.999 Revision 1243
1.317 Revision 602
1.220 Revision 1250
1.220 Revision 1248_1249
1.220 Revision 597
1.217 Revision 1242
1.214 Revision 1023
1.193 Revision 924
1.175 Revision 873
1.166 Revision 550
Tested On
NBFM Controller
embOS/IP
Vendor Status
[18.08.2023] Vulnerability discovered.
[20.08.2023] Vendor contacted.
[29.09.2023] No response from the vendor.
[09.12.2023] Vendor contacted.
[02.02.2024] No response from the vendor.
[16.03.2024] Vendor contacted.
[16.04.2024] No response from the vendor.
[17.04.2024] Public security advisory released.
PoC
elber_signum_auth.txt
Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko Krstic - <gjoko@zeroscience.mk>
References
[1] https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/178134/
[2] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52002
[3] https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2024040058
Changelog
[17.04.2024] - Initial release
[22.05.2024] - Added reference [1], [2] and [3]
Contact
Zero Science Lab

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