Advisory Details

October 15th, 2018

Delta Industrial Automation TPEditor TPE File Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2018-17929
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Delta Industrial Automation
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	TPEditor
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Delta Industrial Automation TPEditor. 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 the parsing of project files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Delta Industrial Automation has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-284-03
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2018-07-19 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2018-10-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory 2018-10-15 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT	Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

BACK TO ADVISORIES