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Delta Electronics DIAScreen
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- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.8 ATTENTION: Low attack complexity Vendor: Delta Electronics Equipment: DIAScreen Vulnerability: Out-of-bounds Write
- RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow remote code execution.
- TECHNICAL DETAILS 3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS Delta Electronics reports the following versions of DIAScreen, a software configuration tool for Delta devices, are affected: DIAScreen: versions prior to v1.3.2 3.2 Vulnerability Overview 3.2.1 Out-of-bounds Write CWE-787 Delta Electronics DIAScreen may write past the end of an allocated buffer while parsing a specially crafted input file. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. CVE-2023-5068 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). 3.3 BACKGROUND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS: Energy COUNTRIES/AREAS DEPLOYED: Worldwide COMPANY HEADQUARTERS LOCATION: Taiwan 3.4 RESEARCHER kimiya working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative reported this vulnerability to CISA.
- MITIGATIONS Delta Electronics has released a new version (v1.3.2) of DIAScreen to address this issue. download center of DIAStudio. (Login required) CISA recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks: Do not click web links or open attachments in unsolicited email messages. Refer to Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams for more information on avoiding email scams. Refer to Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks for more information on social engineering attacks. CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures. CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies. CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets. Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies. Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents. No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time. This vulnerability is not exploitable remotely.
- UPDATE HISTORY September 21, 2023: Initial Publication