CVE-2019-7228

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.darkmatter.ae/xen1thlabs/abb-idal-http-server-uncontrolled-format-string-vulnerability-xl-19-012/

https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=3ADR010377&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108886

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/43

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153404/ABB-IDAL-HTTP-Server-Uncontrolled-Format-String.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-06-27

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00334