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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2018.0835
Beckhoff TwinCAT
23 March 2018
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Beckhoff TwinCAT
Publisher: ICS-CERT
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Administrator Compromise -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2018-7502
Original Bulletin:
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-081-02
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Advisory (ICSA-18-081-02)
Beckhoff TwinCAT
Original release date: March 22, 2018
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CVSS v3 7.8
ATTENTION: Low skill level to exploit.
Vendor: Beckhoff
Equipment: TwinCAT
Vulnerability: Untrusted Pointer Dereference
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
Beckhoff reports that the vulnerability affects the following TwinCAT PLC
products:
o TwinCAT 3.1 Build 4022.4 or prior,
o TwinCAT 2.11 R3 2259 or prior, and
o TwinCAT 3.1 C++ / Matlab (TC1210/TC1220/TC1300/TC1320).
IMPACT
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow local attackers to
escalate privileges.
MITIGATION
Beckhoff recommends users update to the newest version and recompile Matlab
modules after updating.
Please see Beckhoff Security Advisory 2018-001 at the following location for
more information:
https://download.beckhoff.com/download/Document/product-security/Advisories/
advisory-2018-001.pdf
NCCIC recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of
exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:
o Restrict machine access to only those who need it.
o Don't share usernames or passwords.
o Monitor and respond to suspicious behavior.
NCCIC reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk
assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
NCCIC 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 NCCIC Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber
Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies, that is available for download
from the ICS-CERT website.
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their
established internal procedures and report their findings to NCCIC for tracking
and correlation against other incidents.
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability. This
vulnerability is not exploitable remotely.
VULNERABILITY OVERVIEW
UNTRUSTED POINTER DEREFERENCE CWE-822
Several kernel drivers lack proper validation of user-supplied pointer values.
An attacker who is able to execute code on the target may be able to exploit
this vulnerability to obtain SYSTEM privileges.
CVE-2018-7502 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of
7.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H
/I:H/A:H).
RESEARCHER
Steven Seeley of Source Incite reported this vulnerability to NCCIC.
BACKGROUND
Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Critical Manufacturing, Energy, Water and
Wastewater Systems
Countries/Areas Deployed: Worldwide
Company Headquarters Location: Germany
Contact Information
For any questions related to this report, please contact the NCCIC at:
Email: NCCICCUSTOMERSERVICE@hq.dhs.gov
Toll Free: 1-888-282-0870
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http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov
or incident reporting:
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/Report-Incident?
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