Advantech WebAccess Stack-Based Buffer Overflow

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2364
StatePUBLISHED
Assignericscert
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-19 05:09:27 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple stack-based buffer overflows in Advantech WebAccess before 7.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the (1) ProjectName, (2) SetParameter, (3) NodeName, (4) CCDParameter, (5) SetColor, (6) AlarmImage, (7) GetParameter, (8) GetColor, (9) ServerResponse, (10) SetBaud, or (11) IPAddress parameter to an ActiveX control in (a) webvact.ocx, (b) dvs.ocx, or (c) webdact.ocx.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-121 | CWE-119 | CWE-121 CWE-121

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
2.0[email protected]Secondary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
2.0CNACVSS7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Advantech Advantech Webaccess 5.0 All All All
Application Advantech Advantech Webaccess 6.0 All All All
Application Advantech Advantech Webaccess 7.0 All All All
Application Advantech Advantech Webaccess All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Advantech WebAccess affected 7.1 custom Not specified
CNA Advantech WebAccess unaffected 7.2 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Advantech WebAccess Vulnerabilities | ICS-CERT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ics-cert.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Advantech WebAccess dvs.ocx GetColor Buffer Overflow ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-198-02 [email protected] www.cisa.gov
Advantech WebAccess CVE-2014-2364 Multiple Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
webaccess.advantech.com [email protected] webaccess.advantech.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: reported to ZDI by security researchers Dave Weinstein, Tom Gallagher, John Leitch, and others (en)

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: Advantech released a new WebAccess Installation Package v7.2 on June 6, 2014, that removes some vulnerable ActiveX components and resolves the vulnerabilities within others. The download link for v7.2 is available at: http://webaccess.advantech.com/

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