CVE-2022-34836 ABB Ability TM Operations Data Management Zenon Zenon Log Server file access control

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

An attacker can exploit relative path traversal to access sensitive system files and inject log entries in ABB Zenon Log Server.

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-2022-34836?

CVE-2022-34836 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in ABB Zenon, published on 24 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in ABB Zenon 8.20 allows the user to access files on the Zenon system and user also can add own log messages and e.g., flood the log entries. An attacker who successfully exploit the vulnerability could access the Zenon runtime activities such as the start and stop of various activity and the last error code etc.

Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-23

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34836?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Abb Zenon.

How do I fix CVE-2022-34836?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34836 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-2022-34836 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34836 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6xw9-67rg-3fpv.

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