PT-2015-07: Privilege Gaining in Inductive Automation Ignition
Vulnerable software
Inductive Automation Ignition
Version: 7.7.3 and earlier
Link:
https://www.inductiveautomation.com/
Severity level
Severity level: Medium
Impact: Privilege Gaining
Access Vector: Remote
CVSS v2:
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: (AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:P)
CVE: not assigned
Software description
Inductive Automation Ignition is a cross-platform HMI, SCADA, and MES solution.
Vulnerability description
The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected a Privilege Gaining vulnerability in Inductive Automation Ignition.
After user’s logout session is not removed which could lead to session reuse by attacker with privileges of the same user.
How to fix
Update your sofware up to the latest version
Advisory status
12.02.2015 - Vendor gets vulnerability details
09.03.2015 - Vendor releases fixed version and details
11.03.2015 - Public disclosure
Credits
The vulnerability was detected by Evgeny Druzhinin, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company)
References
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2015-07
Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research:
http://www.ptsecurity.com/research/advisory/
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/