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CVE-2018-10594
published 2018-06-26

CVE-2018-10594: Delta Industrial Automation COMMGR from Delta Electronics versions 1.08 and prior with accompanying PLC Simulators (DVPSimulator EH2, EH3, ES2, SE, SS2 and…

PriorityP179critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
68.96%
99.3th percentile
Delta Industrial Automation COMMGR from Delta Electronics versions 1.08 and prior with accompanying PLC Simulators (DVPSimulator EH2, EH3, ES2, SE, SS2 and AHSIM_5x0, AHSIM_5x1) utilize a fixed-length stack buffer where an unverified length value can be read from the network packets via a specific network port, causing the buffer to be overwritten. This may allow remote code execution, cause the application to crash, or result in a denial-of-service condition in the application server.

Affected

1 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
deltawwcommgr<= 1.08

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

port502
processCOMMGR.exe
registry0x00401e14
commandcrash1 = "\x41"*4412 +"\X42"*1000
bytes
\xeb\x27\x90\x90
  • Monitor for large (>4164 byte) TCP packets sent to port 502 targeting COMMGR.exe; the exploit uses an offset of 4164 bytes before the return address overwrite.
  • Detect the p/p/r ROP gadget return address 0x00401e14 from COMMGR.exe appearing in network payloads sent to port 502.
  • Detect the short-jump NOP sled byte sequence \xeb\x27\x90\x90 in TCP payloads on port 502, indicative of the Metasploit exploit module for this CVE.
  • The PoC DoS exploit connects repeatedly to port 80 and sends a buffer of 0x41*4412 followed by 0x42*1000; high-rate connection attempts with this pattern to port 80 on COMMGR hosts should be alerted on.
  • Null byte (\x00) is the only bad character for the payload; shellcode in exploit traffic on port 502 will not contain null bytes, which can aid in distinguishing exploit attempts from benign traffic.
  • ·The Metasploit module targets only COMMGR 1.08 on Windows XP SP3, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8.1; the return address and offset are specific to this version/platform combination and will not apply to other versions.
  • ·The payload space is constrained to 640 bytes with NOP insertion disabled; detection rules should account for shellcode immediately following a 40-byte NOP sled.
  • ·The vulnerability is exploitable via a specific network port; both ports 502 and 10002 are referenced as the relevant communication ports for COMMGR and should both be monitored/restricted.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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