ICS-CERT Advisory - GarrettCom Privilege Escalation

ICS-CERT Advisory 12-243-01 - Independent security researcher Justin W. Clarke of Cylance Inc. has identified a privilege-escalation vulnerability in the GarrettCom Magnum MNS-6K Management Software application via the use of a hard-coded password. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker with any level of access to the system to escalate the attacker’s privilege to the administrative level. The attacker must have access to a logon account on the device to exploit this vulnerability. GarrettCom has produced a patch that mitigates this vulnerability.