MoviconApplication · Progea

CVE-2017-14019

MEDIUM · 6.7 CVSS v3.0 Published 2017-10-19
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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69/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
An Unquoted Search Path or Element issue was discovered in Progea Movicon Version 11.5.1181 and prior. An unquoted search path or element vulnerability has been identified, which may allow an authorized local user to insert arbitrary code into the unquoted service path and escalate his or her privileges.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Progea Movicon Version 11.5.1181 and prior contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows an authorized local user to inject arbitrary code into the service executable path and escalate privileges to higher levels.

MitigationApply vendor patch or update to a patched version of Movicon; if no patch available, review and harden service configuration, restrict local user permissions, and monitor for suspicious binary placement in service directories.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
MoviconApplication
Affected:= 11.5.1181

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Identify Movicon installation and version
    Check the Windows registry at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ for Movicon or check Program Files for Progea\Movicon folder, then locate the version information in the application's About or readme files
    Affected if Installed version is 11.5.1181 or any prior version (11.5.x before 11.5.1181)
  2. Enumerate Movicon-related Windows services
    Open Services console (services.msc) or run 'sc queryex type= service state= all' and filter for services with 'Movicon' in the name or path
    Affected if Any Movicon-related Windows service exists on the system
  3. Check service executable paths for unquoted paths
    For each Movicon service found, run 'sc qc [ServiceName]' to query the binary path, or use 'wmic service get name,pathname' and inspect if the path contains spaces and lacks quotation marks
    Affected if The service BINARY_PATH_NAME contains spaces and is not enclosed in quotation marks
  4. Verify service is running with elevated privileges
    Run 'sc qc [ServiceName]' and check the START_TYPE and SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR fields, or check the service properties in services.msc to confirm it runs under SYSTEM or a privileged account
    Affected if The vulnerable unquoted service runs under SYSTEM, LocalSystem, or another high-privilege account

A system is affected if Progea Movicon version 11.5.1181 or prior is installed and any Movicon Windows service has an unquoted executable path containing spaces, allowing potential privilege escalation.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply vendor patch or update to a patched version of Movicon; if no patch available, review and harden service configuration, restrict local user permissions, and monitor for suspicious binary placement in service directories.

Fix this in Movicon Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
7.0 hours of engineering $1,240
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