CVE-2023-3324 Insecure deserialization in zenon internal DLLs

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

Low-privileged attackers can exploit insecure deserialization in ABB zenon to execute code and escalate privileges on installed hosts.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-3324?

CVE-2023-3324 is a medium-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in ABB Ability™ zenon, published on 24 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A vulnerability exists by allowing low-privileged users to read and update the data in various directories used by the Zenon system. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by using specially crafted programs to exploit the vulnerabilities by allowing them to run on the zenon installed hosts. This issue affects ABB Ability™ zenon: from 11 build through 11 build 106404.

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3324?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Abb Zenon.

How do I fix CVE-2023-3324?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3324 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2023-3324 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3324 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pqvf-2w8f-4r2q.

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