Advantech EKI-6340 CVE-2014-8387 Command Injection Vulnerability

BID:71192

Info

Advantech EKI-6340 CVE-2014-8387 Command Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 71192
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2014-8387
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 19 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 24 2014 01:02AM
Credit: Facundo Pantaleo and Flavio Cangini from Core Security Engineering Team
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Advantech EKI-6340 CVE-2014-8387 Command Injection Vulnerability

Advantech EKI-6340 is prone to a remote command-injection vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Successful exploits will result in the execution of arbitrary commands in the context of the affected device.

Exploit / POC

Advantech EKI-6340 CVE-2014-8387 Command Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue using readily available tools.

The following proof of concept is available:

<a href="http://www.example.com/cgi/ping.cgi?pinghost=www.example1.com;sleep%2010&pingsize=3">http://www.example.com/cgi/ping.cgi?pinghost=www.example1.com;sleep%2010&pingsize=3</a>

Solution / Fix

Advantech EKI-6340 CVE-2014-8387 Command Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

Advantech EKI-6340 CVE-2014-8387 Command Injection Vulnerability

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