CVE-2024-45373
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows authenticated users of the ProGauge MAGLINK LX4 CONSOLE to escalate their privileges to administrator level. This affects all organizations using the vulnerable ProGauge MAGLINK LX4 CONSOLE system where user accounts exist.
💻 Affected Systems
- ProGauge MAGLINK LX4 CONSOLE
📦 What is this software?
Progauge Maglink Lx Console Firmware by Doverfuelingsolutions
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Progauge Maglink Lx4 Console Firmware by Doverfuelingsolutions
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⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
An authenticated malicious insider or compromised account could gain full administrative control, potentially disrupting industrial operations, manipulating critical data, or deploying additional attacks.
Likely Case
Privilege escalation leading to unauthorized administrative access, allowing configuration changes, data manipulation, or lateral movement within the industrial control system network.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if proper network segmentation, least privilege access controls, and monitoring are in place to detect and contain privilege escalation attempts.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires valid user credentials. The vulnerability is in the privilege escalation mechanism accessible after authentication.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Check vendor advisory for specific version
Vendor Advisory: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-268-04
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Review the CISA advisory ICSA-24-268-04
2. Contact ProGauge for the specific patch version
3. Apply the patch following vendor instructions
4. Restart the system as required
5. Verify the fix by testing privilege escalation
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict User Access
allLimit user accounts to only essential personnel and implement strict access controls
Network Segmentation
allIsolate the MAGLINK LX4 CONSOLE from other critical systems and limit network access
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network segmentation to isolate the vulnerable system
- Enforce least privilege access controls and monitor all user activity closely
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test if authenticated users can change their privileges to administrator through the console interfaceCheck Version:
Check system version through console interface or contact vendorVerify Fix Applied:
After patching, verify that authenticated users can no longer escalate to administrator privileges📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected privilege escalation events
- User account changes to administrator role
- Multiple failed privilege escalation attempts
Network Indicators:
- Unusual authentication patterns to the console
- Administrative actions from non-admin accounts
SIEM Query:
Search for events where user privilege level changes from standard to administrator