CVE-2020-10290 RVD#1495: Universal Robots URCaps execute with unbounded privileges
Malicious URCaps execute with unbounded privileges, allowing attackers to compromise robot operations via code execution and privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-10290?
CVE-2020-10290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Universal Robots URx, published on 21 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Universal Robots controller execute URCaps (zip files containing Java-powered applications) without any permission restrictions and a wide API that presents many primitives that can compromise the overall robot operations as demonstrated in our video. In our PoC we demonstrate how a malicious actor could 'cook' a custom URCap that when deployed by the user (intendedly or unintendedly) compromises the system
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10290?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sintef Urx.
How do I fix CVE-2020-10290?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10290 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-10290 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10290 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-78r6-6wpw-grwr.