Advisory Details

October 16th, 2018

LAquis SCADA LQS File Parsing Untrusted Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2018-17893
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	LAquis SCADA
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Software
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of LAquis SCADA Software. 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 parsing of LQS files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. At attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	LAquis SCADA has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-289-01
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2018-05-24 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2018-10-16 - Coordinated public release of advisory 2018-10-16 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT	rgod of 9SG Security Team - rgod@9sgsec.com

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