Check Point Advisories

Advantech WebAccess SCADA Dashboard Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2016-0854)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0353
Date Published: 24 May 2016
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 24 May, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-0854
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Advantech WebAccess 8.0 and prior
Vulnerability Description An arbitrary file upload vulnerability has been reported in the Dashboard component of Advantech WebAccess. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation within the uploadImageCommon(), uploadFile() or uploadBannerImage() methods in the UploadAjaxAction script.
A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious file and uploading it onto
the target system. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code under context of the
IIS AppPool.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Advantech WebAccess SCADA Dashboard Arbitrary File Upload protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  SCADA Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Advantech WebAccess SCADA Dashboard Arbitrary File Upload

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