ICS Advisories

Risk evaluation

Two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities were identified in the CODESYS Development System. Specifically, the PackageManager and the IPM create temporary directories with insecure default permissions when executed with administrative privileges. This allows low-privileged local users to modify a temporary bootstrap file to force the deployment of arbitrary components, or to exploit a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition to replace digitally verified installation files with malicious ones prior to installation. Both flaws bypass intended security boundaries during the installation of packages or add-ons.

Mitigation summary

Update the following product to version 3.5.22.20. * CODESYS Development System The CODESYS Development System and the products available as CODESYS add-ons can be downloaded and installed directly with the CODESYS Installer or be downloaded from the CODESYS Store. Alternatively, as well as for all other products, you will find further information on obtaining the software update in the CODESYS Update area https://www.codesys.com/download/.