Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2015-1236 |
Date Published: | 26 Oct 2015 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Wednesday 04 November, 2015 |
Source: | Advantech |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2014-9208 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | Advantech WebAccess 8.0, 3.4.3 and prior |
Vulnerability Description | A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Advantech's WebAccess SCADA software. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of an argument to ConvToSafeArray() in the AspVCObj.AspDataDriven ActiveX control. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a vulnerable user to open a crafted web page. Successful exploitation can lead to code execution in the context of the target user. |
This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
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This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Advantech WebAccess ActiveX ConvToSafeArray Stack Buffer Overflow