Mitsubishi Electric E-Designer TxStaticString Col Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Mitsubishi Electric E-Designer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within processing of TxStaticString sections of a mpa (project specification) file. An out-of-bounds value for the column specification will cause a user-supplied string to be written to an arbitrary memory address. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the Administrator.
Additional Details
Mitsubishi Electric has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-213-01
Disclosure Timeline
- 2016-05-31 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
- 2017-08-01 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
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