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ABB Cylon Aspect 3.08.01 (vstatConfigurationDownload.php) Config Download

High
Advisory ID
ZSL-2024-5863
Release Date
26 November 2024
Vendor
Affected Version
NEXUS Series, MATRIX-2 Series, ASPECT-Enterprise, ASPECT-Studio, Firmware: <=3.08.01
CVE
N/A
Tested On
GNU/Linux 3.15.10 (armv7l), GNU/Linux 3.10.0 (x86_64), GNU/Linux 2.6.32 (x86_64), Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor E3930 @ 1.30GHz, Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4208 CPU @ 2.10GHz, PHP/7.3.11, PHP/5.6.30, PHP/5.4.16, PHP/4.4.8, PHP/5.3.3, AspectFT Automation Application Server, lighttpd/1.4.32, lighttpd/1.4.18, Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS), OpenJDK Runtime Environment (rhel-2.6.22.1.-x86_64), OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.261-b02, mixed mode)
Summary

ASPECT is an award-winning scalable building energy management and control solution designed to allow users seamless access to their building data through standard building protocols including smart devices. The addition of vSTAT, a Virtual Zone application, allows for authorised users to change temperature setpoints, occupancy status, fan status, and more. Delivering the power to control from any internet enabled device. With AspectFT, vSTAT can be customized to display and control custom points. Want to turn the lights on or off? vSTAT can be programed to do it remotely.

Description

The ABB BMS/BAS controller suffers from an unauthenticated configuration download vulnerability. This can be exploited to download the CSV DB that contains the configuration mappings information via the VMobileImportExportServlet by directly calling the vstatConfigurationDownload.php script.

Proof of Concept
Disclosure Timeline
21.04.2024Vulnerability discovered.
22.04.2024Vendor contacted.
22.04.2024Vendor responds.
02.05.2024Working with the vendor.
07.08.2024Vendor released version 3.08.02 to address this issue.
26.11.2024Public security advisory released.
Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko Krstic
References
Changelog
26.11.2024Initial release
27.11.2024Added reference [1]
23.12.2024Added reference [2]