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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2016.2191
ABB DataManagerPro Credential Management Vulnerability
16 September 2016
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: ABB DataManagerPro
Publisher: ICS-CERT
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Administrator Compromise -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-4526
Original Bulletin:
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-259-02
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Advisory (ICSA-16-259-02)
ABB DataManagerPro Credential Management Vulnerability
Original release date: September 15, 2016
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OVERVIEW
NCCIC/ICS-CERT received a report from Trend Micros Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)
concerning a credential management vulnerability in ABBs DataManagerPro
application. Security researcher Andrea Micalizzi reported this vulnerability
to ZDI. ABB has produced a new version to mitigate this vulnerability.
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
ABB reports that the vulnerability affects the following versions of
DataManagerPro:
DataManagerPro, all versions: 1.0.0 to 1.7.0
IMPACT
An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could insert and run
arbitrary code on a computer where the affected product is used.
Impact to individual organizations depends on many factors that are unique to
each organization. ICS-CERT recommends that organizations evaluate the impact
of this vulnerability based on their operational environment, architecture,
and product implementation.
BACKGROUND
ABB is a Switzerland-based company that maintains offices in several countries
around the world.
The affected product, DataManagerPro, is data analysis software. According to
ABB, DataManagerPro is deployed in the Energy sector. ABB estimates that this
product is used worldwide.
VULNERABILITY CHARACTERIZATION
VULNERABILITY OVERVIEW
UNCONTROLLED SEARCH PATH ELEMENT [a]
An authenticated user may swap DLLs in the package directory to elevate
permissions to administrator.
CVE-2016-4526 [b] has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score
of 7.2 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is
(AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). [c]
VULNERABILITY DETAILS
EXPLOITABILITY
This vulnerability is not exploitable remotely and cannot be exploited without
user interaction.
EXISTENCE OF EXPLOIT
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability.
DIFFICULTY
An attacker with low skill would be able to exploit this vulnerability.
MITIGATION
ABB has produced a new version (Version 1.7.1) to mitigate this vulnerability.
ABB recommends that users apply the update at their earliest convenience.
Users may find more information in ABBs security advisory (ABB-VU-BUMP-089290)
located on its web site at the following location:
https://library.e.abb.com/public/93e52dbfd6ab4f64aa435973ccf1b6e2/9ADB005557_ABB_SoftwareVulnerabilityHandlingAdvisory_DMPro.pdf
(link is external)
ABB recommends security practices and firewall configurations to help protect
systems from attacks that originate from outside the network. Such practices
include:
- - Carefully inspect any files transferred between computers, including
scanning them with uptodate antivirus software, so that only legitimate files
may be transferred.
- - User account management, appropriate authentificaton and permission
management using the principle of least privilege.
More information on recommended practices can be found in the following ABB
document:
3BSE032547, Whitepaper - Security for Industrial Automation and Control
Systems
ICS-CERT reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk
assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
ICS-CERT also provides a section for control systems security recommended
practices on the ICS-CERT web page. Several recommended practices are
available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control
Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly
available in the ICSCERT Technical Information Paper,
ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation
Strategies, that is available for download from the ICS-CERT web site
(http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/).
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their
established internal procedures and report their findings to ICS-CERT for
tracking and correlation against other incidents.
a. CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element,
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/427.html, web site last accessed
September 15, 2016.
b. NVD, http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-4526 , NIST
uses this advisory to create the CVE web site report. This web site will be
active sometime after publication of this advisory.
c. CVSS Calculator,
https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S... ,
web site last accessed September 15, 2016.
Contact Information
For any questions related to this report, please contact ICS-CERT at:
Email: ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (link sends e-mail)
Toll Free: 1-877-776-7585
International Callers: (208) 526-0900
For industrial control systems security information and incident reporting:
http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov
ICS-CERT continuously strives to improve its products and services. You can
help by choosing one of the links below to provide feedback about this
product.
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