CVE-2024-36059 — Directory Traversal vulnerability in Kalkitech ASE ASE61850 IEDSmart upto and in

Directory Traversal vulnerability in Kalkitech ASE ASE61850 IEDSmart upto and including version 2.3.5 allows attackers to read/write arbitrary files via the IEC61850 File Transfer protocol.

01What is this vulnerability?

Directory Traversal vulnerability in Kalkitech ASE ASE61850 IEDSmart upto and including version 2.3.5 allows attackers to read/write arbitrary files via the IEC61850 File Transfer protocol.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

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: 2024-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T03:30:13.119Z

09References

• kalkitech.com — https://kalkitech.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CYB_60704_Advisory_v1.0.pdf