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VAR-202306-0504

Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2025-06-08 23:18

On Triangle MicroWorks' SCADA Data Gateway version <= v5.01.03, an unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted broadcast message including format string characters to the SCADA Data Gateway to perform unrestricted memory reads.An unauthenticated user can use this format string vulnerability to repeatedly crash the GTWWebMonitor.exe process to DoS the Web Monitor. Furthermore, an authenticated user can leverage this vulnerability to leak memory from the GTWWebMonitor.exe process. This could be leveraged in an exploit chain to gain code execution. Triangle MicroWorks SCADA Data Gateway is a SCADA data gateway product from Triangle MicroWorks in the United States

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CVE-2023-2186 (GCVE-0-2023-2186)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-07 06:37 – Updated: 2025-01-06 20:10

Summary

Severity

8.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-01-06 20:10 UTC

CWE

CWE-134 - Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Assigner

trellix CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard – unranked: 3 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.trellix.com/en-us/about/newsroom/stor…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Triangle MicroWorks	SCADA Data Gateway	Affected: 5.01.03

Credits

Sam Quinn

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Sightings

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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