Advantech Studio ISSymbol ActiveX Control Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Nessus

High   Plugin ID: 60084

This page contains detailed information about the Advantech Studio ISSymbol ActiveX Control Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.

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Plugin Overview

ID: 60084
Name: Advantech Studio ISSymbol ActiveX Control Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Filename: scada_advantech_studio_issymbol_activex_bof.nbin
Vulnerability Published: 2011-09-01
This Plugin Published: 2012-07-20
Last Modification Time: 2022-05-03
Plugin Version: 1.173
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: SCADA
Dependencies: scada_app_advantech_studio_detect.nbin, smb_hotfixes.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: SCADA/Apps/Advantech/Studio/Installed, SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Vulnerability Information

Severity: High
Vulnerability Published: 2011-09-01
Patch Published: 2011-08-30
CVE [?]: CVE-2011-0340
CPE [?]: cpe:/a:advantech:advantech_studio

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an ActiveX control that is affected by multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote Windows host is running a version of Advantech's ISSymbol (ISSymbol.ocx) ActiveX control that is affected by multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities can be exploited to execute arbitrary code via long values for the 'InternationalOrder', 'InternationalSeparator', or 'LogFileName' properties; or by a long 'bstrFileName' argument on the 'OpenScreen()' method.

Solution

Follow the vendor's advisory to apply a hotfix.

Public Exploits

Target Network Port(s): 139, 445
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB, ExploitHub, Core Impact)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the Advantech Studio ISSymbol ActiveX Control Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities vulnerability:

  1. Metasploit: exploit/windows/browser/indusoft_issymbol_internationalseparator
    [InduSoft Web Studio ISSymbol.ocx InternationalSeparator() Heap Overflow]
  2. Exploit-DB: exploits/windows/remote/23500.rb
    [EDB-23500: InduSoft Web Studio - 'ISSymbol.ocx InternationalSeparator()' Heap Overflow (Metasploit)]
  3. ExploitHub: EH-13-398

Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.

WARNING: Beware of using unverified exploits from sources such as GitHub or Exploit-DB. These exploits and PoCs could contain malware. For more information, see how to use exploits safely.

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source [?]: CVE-2011-0340
CVSS V2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS Base Score:9.3 (High)
Impact Subscore:10.0
Exploitability Subscore:8.6
CVSS Temporal Score:7.7 (High)
CVSS Environmental Score:NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:NA
Overall CVSS Score:7.7 (High)

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Plugin Source

The scada_advantech_studio_issymbol_activex_bof.nbin Nessus plugin is distributed in a propriatory binary format and its source code is protected. This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.

The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:

  • Linux / Unix:
    /opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/scada_advantech_studio_issymbol_activex_bof.nbin
  • Windows:
    C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\scada_advantech_studio_issymbol_activex_bof.nbin
  • Mac OS X:
    /Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/scada_advantech_studio_issymbol_activex_bof.nbin

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How to Run

Here is how to run the Advantech Studio ISSymbol ActiveX Control Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):

  1. Click to start a New Scan.
  2. Select Advanced Scan.
  3. Navigate to the Plugins tab.
  4. On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
  5. On the left side table select SCADA plugin family.
  6. On the right side table select Advantech Studio ISSymbol ActiveX Control Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities plugin ID 60084.
  7. Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
  8. Run the scan.

Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.

Basic usage:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl scada_advantech_studio_issymbol_activex_bof.nbin -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a scada_advantech_studio_issymbol_activex_bof.nbin -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - scada_advantech_studio_issymbol_activex_bof.nbin -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state scada_advantech_studio_issymbol_activex_bof.nbin -t <IP/HOST>

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References

BID | SecurityFocus Bugtraq ID: ICSA | ICS Advisory: ICS Alert: See also: Similar and related Nessus plugins:
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Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file scada_advantech_studio_issymbol_activex_bof.nbin version 1.173. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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