Lenze: Install Directory with insufficient permissions
The following tools: * VisiWinNET Smart * VisiWinNET Professional * EASY UI Designer create a directory with insufficient permissions, allowing a low-level user the ability to add and modify certain files that hold SYSTEM privileges, which could lead to privilege escalation.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-31468US | high7.8OT elevated | Exploit | ||
An issue was discovered in Inosoft VisiWin 7 through 2022-2.1 (Runtime RT7.3 RC3 20221209.5). The "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\INOSOFT GmbH" folder has weak permissions for Everyone, allow… | ||||
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remediations (2)
- Mitigation
Only use this tool in a protected and controlled environment to minimize network impact and to ensure that the tool is inaccessable from outside. In addition, the use of firewalls is recommended to reduce the attack surface, specially to the internet and the internal business network.
- Fixed
Lenze has released version 1.6.1 of the EASY UI Designer tool, which fixes the identified security vulnerability. The other two tools are no longer recommended for new applications and are being prepared for discontinuation.
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