Rockwell Automation PanelView Plus 7 Performance Series B Authentication Bypass

An authentication bypass security issue exists within FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Web Browser ActiveX control. Exploitation of this vulnerability allows unauthorized access to the PanelView Plus 7 Series B, including access to the file system, retrieval of diagnostic information, event logs, and more.

A Missing Authorization issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation PanelView Plus 6 700-1500 6.00.04, 6.00.05, 6.00.42, 6.00-20140306, 6.10.20121012, 6.10-20140122, 7.00-20121012, 7.00-20130108, 7.00-20130325, 7.00-20130619, 7.00-20140128, 7.00-20140310, 7.00-20140429, 7.00-20140621, 7.00-20140729, 7.00-20141022, 8.00-20140730, and 8.00-20141023. There is no authorization check when connecting to the device, allowing an attacker remote access.

FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition on the PanelView Plus, improperly verifies user’s input, which allows unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code executed via crafted malicious packets.  The device has the functionality, through a CIP class, to execute exported functions from libraries.  There is a routine that restricts it to execute specific functions from two dynamic link library files.  By using a CIP class, an attacker can upload a self-made library to the device which allows the attacker to bypass the security check and execute any code written in the function.