CVE-2019-6008 — An unquoted search path vulnerability in Multiple Yokogawa products for Windows

An unquoted search path vulnerability in Multiple Yokogawa products for Windows (Exaopc (R1.01.00 ? R3.77.00), Exaplog (R1.10.00 ? R3.40.00), Exaquantum (R1.10.00 ? R3.02.00 and R3.15.00), Exaquantum/Batch (R1.01.00 ? R2.50.40), Exasmoc (all revisions), Exarqe (all revisions), GA

01What is this vulnerability?

An unquoted search path vulnerability in Multiple Yokogawa products for Windows (Exaopc (R1.01.00 ? R3.77.00), Exaplog (R1.10.00 ? R3.40.00), Exaquantum (R1.10.00 ? R3.02.00 and R3.15.00), Exaquantum/Batch (R1.01.00 ? R2.50.40), Exasmoc (all revisions), Exarqe (all revisions), GA10 (R1.01.01 ? R3.05.01), and InsightSuiteAE (R1.01.00 ? R1.06.00)) allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Yokogawa Electric Corporation	Multiple Yokogawa products for Windows	Exaopc (R1.01.00 ? R3.77.00), Exaplog (R1.10.00 ? R3.40.00), Exaquantum (R1.10.00 ? R3.02.00 and R3.15.00), Exaquantum/Batch (R1.01.00 ? R2.50.40), Exasmoc (all revisions), Exarqe (all revisions), GA10 (R1.01.01 ? R3.05.01), and InsightSuiteAE (R1.01.00 ? R1.06.00)

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-12-26T15:16:49.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T20:09:24.050Z

09References

• www.yokogawa.com — https://www.yokogawa.com/library/resources/white-papers/yokogawa-security-adviso…
• jvn.jp — http://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU98228725/index.html