CVE-2019-7228

The ABB IDAL HTTP server mishandles format strings in a username or cookie during the authentication process. Attempting to authenticate with the username %25s%25p%25x%25n will crash the server. Sending %08x.AAAA.%08x.%08x will log memory content from the stack.

• CWE-134

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153404/ABB-IDAL-HTTP-Server-Uncontrolled-Format-String.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/43Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108886Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=3ADR010377&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=LaunchMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.darkmatter.ae/xen1thlabs/abb-idal-http-server-uncontrolled-format-string-vulnerability-xl-19-012/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153404/ABB-IDAL-HTTP-Server-Uncontrolled-Format-String.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/43Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108886Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=3ADR010377&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=LaunchMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.darkmatter.ae/xen1thlabs/abb-idal-http-server-uncontrolled-format-string-vulnerability-xl-19-012/Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Published

Jun 27, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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