4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
17.3%
**ATTENTION:**Public exploits are available.
Vendor: Schneider Electric
Equipment: Pro-face GP-Pro EX
**Vulnerability:**Uncontrolled Search Path Element
The following versions of Pro-face GP-Pro EX software, an HMI management platform, are affected:
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow arbitrary code execution.
Schneider Electric recommends that users update to the latest software Version 4.07.100 or newer. This version of GP Pro EX software will resolve this vulnerability and is available at the following location:
<https://www.proface.com/en/download/trial/gpproex/v40>
For more information about this vulnerability and patch, please refer to Schneider Electric Security Notification SEVD-2017-195-01, which is available at the following location:
<http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-195-01/>
NCCIC/ICS-CERT recommends that users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:
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. 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 ICSβCERT Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01BβTargeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies, that is available for download from the ICS-CERT web site.
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.
In addition, ICS-CERT recommends that users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:
This vulnerability is not remotely exploitable. High skill level is needed to exploit.
An attacker is able to force the process to load an arbitrary DLL and execute arbitrary code in the context of the process.
CVE-2017-9961 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 has been assigned; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H).
Karn Ganeshen reported this vulnerability.
Critical Infrastructure Sector: Energy
Countries/Areas Deployed: Worldwide
Company Headquarters Location: Paris, France
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4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
17.3%