title: Automation Studio and PVI Multiple unquoted service path vulnerabilities
description: Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in B&R Industrial Automation Automation Studio, B&R Industrial Automation NET/PVI allows Target Programs with Elevated Privileges.This issue affects Automation Studio: from 4.0 through 4.6, from 4.7.0 before 4.7.7 SP, from 4.8.0 before 4.8.6 SP, from 4.9.0 before 4.9.4 SP; NET/PVI: from 4.0 through 4.6, from 4.7.0 before 4.7.7, from 4.8.0 before 4.8.6, from 4.9.0 before 4.9.4.
problem types: CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element
affected:
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
product: Automation Studio
vendor: B&R Industrial Automation
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 4.6, status: affected, version: 4.0, versionType: custom
lessThan: 4.7.7 SP, status: affected, version: 4.7.0, versionType: custom
lessThan: 4.8.6 SP, status: affected, version: 4.8.0, versionType: custom
lessThan: 4.9.4 SP, status: affected, version: 4.9.0, versionType: custom
}
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
product: NET/PVI
vendor: B&R Industrial Automation
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 4.6, status: affected, version: 4.0, versionType: custom
lessThan: 4.7.7, status: affected, version: 4.7.0, versionType: custom
lessThan: 4.8.6, status: affected, version: 4.8.0, versionType: custom
lessThan: 4.9.4, status: affected, version: 4.9.0, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 7.2
baseSeverity: HIGH
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: HIGH
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: REQUIRED
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
version: 3.1
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL
workarounds:
B&R has identified the following specific workarounds and mitigations.
Users of B&R Automation Studio and PVI may manually reconfigure the service paths and enclose them
in quotes.
Additionally, it is recommended to limit access to the workstation running B&R Automation Studio and PVI
to authorized users