CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
96.7%
NCCIC/ICS-CERT received a report from HP’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) concerning a buffer overflow vulnerability in Schneider Electric’s Pelco DS-NVs software package. This vulnerability was reported to ZDI by security researchers Ariele Caltabiano and Andrea Micalizzi. Schneider Electric has produced a patch that mitigates this vulnerability.
This vulnerability could be exploited remotely.
The following Pelco DS-NVs versions are affected:
Successfully exploiting this vulnerability could cause a buffer overflow that may allow remote code execution.
Impact to individual organizations depends on many factors that are unique to each organization. ICS-CERT recommends that organizations evaluate the impact of this vulnerability based on their operational environment, architecture, and product implementation.
Schneider Electric’s corporate headquarters is located in Paris, France, and maintains offices in more than 100 countries worldwide.
The affected products, Pelco DS-NVs, are IP video management software. According to Schneider Electric, the Pelco DS-NVs software is deployed across several sectors including Commercial Facilities Sector, and others. Schneider Electric estimates that these products are used worldwide.
The affected products contain a vulnerable DLL susceptible to a buffer overflow condition that could result in remote code execution.
CVE-2015-0982NVD, http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-0982, NIST uses this advisory to create the CVE web site report. This web site will be active sometime after publication of this advisory. has been assigned to this vulnerability. ZDI calculated a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).CVSS Calculator, http://nvd.nist.gov/cvss.cfm?version=2&vector=AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P, web site last accessed March 12, 2015.
This vulnerability could be exploited remotely.
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability.
An attacker with a low skill would be able to exploit this vulnerability.
Schneider Electric has released Version 7.8.90 to remediate the vulnerability. Version 7.8.90 is available for download on the Schneider Electric’s web site at the following URL, with a valid user account:
<https://buildingsdownloads.schneider-electric.com/search#range/61230>
Schneider Electric’s vulnerability disclosure can be downloaded at the following URL:
ICS-CERT encourages asset owners to take additional defensive measures to protect against this and other cybersecurity risks. ICS-CERT reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
ICS-CERT also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS-CERT web page at: http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/content/recommended-practices. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available in the ICS‑CERT Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies, that is available for download from the ICS-CERT web site (http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/).
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to ICS-CERT for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
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