(PT-2018-13) Positive Technologies Security Advisory
Command Injection in PHOENIX CONTACT FL SWITCH

Vulnerable products

PHOENIX CONTACT FL SWITCH 3xxx, 4xxx, and 48xxx
Firmware version: 1.33 and earlier

Link:
https://www.phoenixcontact.com/

Severity level

Severity level: High
Impact: Arbitrary Command Injection
Access Vector: Remote

CVSS v3:
Base Score: 9.1
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVE: CVE-2018-10730

Vulnerability description

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected a Command Injection vulnerability in PHOENIX CONTACT FL SWITCH.

Vulnerability in Phoenix Contact managed FL SWITCH allows attackers to inject and execute arbitrary OS commands.

How to fix

Update firmware to the latest version

Advisory status

22.02.2018 - Vendor gets vulnerability details
16.05.2018 - Vendor releases fixed version and details
29.08.2018 - Public disclosure

Credits

The vulnerability was detected by Vyacheslav Moskvin, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company)

References

http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2018-13
https://www.ptsecurity.com/ru-ru/about/news/293446/
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-137-02
https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2018-007

Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research:

https://www.ptsecurity.com/
https://en.securitylab.ru/lab/

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