Check Point Advisories

Advantech WebAccess SCADA bwocxrun.ocx Command Execution (CVE-2014-0773)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1531
Date Published: 8 May 2014
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Tuesday 23 February, 2016
Source: ICS-CERT
Industry Reference:CVE-2014-0773
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Advantech WebAccess prior to 7.2
Vulnerability Description A command execution vulnerability has been reported in Advantech WebAccess SCADA software. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation while parsing the first parameter of the bwocxrun.ocx ActiveX control. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a crafted web page.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Advantech WebAccess SCADA bwocxrun.ocx Command Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Advantech WebAccess SCADA bwocxrun.ocx Command Execution

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