Invensys Wonderware InTouch Default Universal NetDDE Share Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:26496

Info

Invensys Wonderware InTouch Default Universal NetDDE Share Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 26496
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-6033
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 19 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 18 2007 08:06PM
Credit: Neutralbit, with assistance from Digital Bond, discovered this issue.
Vulnerable: Wonderware InTouch 8.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Invensys Wonderware InTouch Default Universal NetDDE Share Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Invensys Wonderware InTouch is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability because of poor default permissions on a NetDDE share.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary applications that accept NetDDE connections. This can compromise the application and possibly the underlying computer.

InTouch 8.0 is vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Invensys Wonderware InTouch Default Universal NetDDE Share Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker can use readily available NetDDE utilities.

Solution / Fix

Invensys Wonderware InTouch Default Universal NetDDE Share Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released fixes to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

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