PT-2018-2124 · Microsoft · Azure Iot Edge+1

Cristian Pop · Published 2018-10-09 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-8531

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Azure IoT Hub Device Client SDK (affected versions not specified) Azure IoT Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to the way the Azure IoT Hub Device Client SDK accesses objects in memory. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the current user by using a specially crafted message.

Recommendations For Azure IoT Hub Device Client SDK, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For Azure IoT Edge, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-00076

CVE-2018-8531

Affected Products

Azure Iot Edge

Azure Iot Hub Device Client Sdk

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8531 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8531 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8531 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-00076 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105472 · Note