ICSA-24-032-03

Vulnerability from csaf_cisa - Published: 2024-02-01 07:00 - Updated: 2024-02-01 07:00
Summary
AVEVA Edge products (formerly known as InduSoft Web Studio)
Notes
Legal Notice: All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided "as is" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.
Risk evaluation: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in an attacker achieving arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation by tricking AVEVA Edge to load an unsafe DLL.
Critical infrastructure sectors: Multiple
Countries/areas deployed: Worldwide
Company headquarters location: United States
Recommended Practices: CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
Recommended Practices: CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Recommended Practices: CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.
Recommended Practices: Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Recommended Practices: Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
Recommended Practices: CISA also recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:
Recommended Practices: Do not click web links or open attachments in unsolicited email messages.
Recommended Practices: Refer to Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams for more information on avoiding email scams.
Recommended Practices: Refer to Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks for more information on social engineering attacks.
Recommended Practices: No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time. This vulnerability is not exploitable remotely.
CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Vendor Fix AVEVA recommends users upgrade to AVEVA Edge 2023, or AVEVA Edge 2020 R2 SP2 P01 as soon as possible. Upgrades can be downloaded from the AVEVA official website:
Vendor Fix AVEVA Edge 2020 R2 SP2 P01 https://softwaresupportsp.aveva.com/#/producthub/…
Mitigation For additional information, please refer to AVEVA's security advisory AVEVA-2024-002. https://www.aveva.com/en/support-and-success/cybe…
Acknowledgments
UESTC Ting Chen
Venustech ADLab

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