PHOENIX CONTACT: Local Privilege Escalation in PC WORX SRT
The Phoenix Contact application 'PC WORX SRT' is installed as service. The installation path of the application is configured to have insecure permissions which allows any unprivileged user to write arbitrary files to the installation directory where all the configuration files and binaries of the service are located.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-10939US | high7.8OT elevated | — | ||
Insecure, default path permissions in PHOENIX CONTACT PC WORX SRT through 1.14 allow for local privilege escalation. | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
remediations (1)
- MitigationPC WORX SRT
Customers using PC WORX SRT are strongly recommended to use the software only on single user systems where restricting the access rights of the PC WORX SRT is not necessary. Phoenix Contact strongly recommends protection measures against unauthorized access for network-compatible devices, solutions and PC-based software. For detailed information please refer to our application note: Measures to protect network-compatible devices with communication interfaces, solutions and PC-based software against unauthorized access
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