CVE-2017-14025 Path traversal in ABB FOX515T

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A local attacker can exploit improper input validation in ABB FOX515T to retrieve arbitrary files from the server.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-14025?

CVE-2017-14025 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in ABB FOX515T, published on 6 Nov 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An Improper Input Validation issue was discovered in ABB FOX515T release 1.0. An improper input validation vulnerability has been identified, allowing a local attacker to provide a malicious parameter to the script that is not validated by the application, This could enable the attacker to retrieve any file on the server.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14025?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hitachienergy Fox515t Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14025?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14025 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2017-14025 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14025 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-93v6-3cxx-h8wc.

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