ABB Cylon Aspect 3.08.03 (MIX->IPConfigServlet) Network Manipulation

Title: ABB Cylon Aspect 3.08.03 (MIX->IPConfigServlet) Network Manipulation
Advisory ID: ZSL-2025-5944
Type: Local/Remote
Impact: Security Bypass, Manipulation of Data, DoS
Risk: (5/5)
Release Date: 22.05.2025

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.

Description

ABB Cylon Aspect MIX’s IPConfigServlet allows unauthenticated network config changes via the Host: 127.0.0.1 bypass, writing to /etc/hosts and config files. Attackers can redirect traffic (e.g. localhost to 1.2.3.4) or disrupt connectivity, amplifying impact with network restarts.

Vendor

ABB Ltd. - https://www.global.abb

Affected Version

NEXUS Series, MATRIX-2 Series, ASPECT-Enterprise, ASPECT-Studio
Firmware: <=3.08.03

Tested On

GNU/Linux 3.15.10 (armv7l)
GNU/Linux 3.10.0 (x86_64)
GNU/Linux 2.6.32 (x86_64)
Intel® Atom™ Processor E3930 @ 1.30GHz
Intel® Xeon® 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

Vendor Status

[21.04.2024] Vulnerability discovered.
[22.04.2024] Vendor contacted.
[22.04.2024] Vendor responds.
[02.05.2024] Working with the vendor.
[21.05.2025] No response from the vendor.
[22.05.2025] Public security advisory released.

PoC

abb_aspect_dos4.txt

Credits

Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko Krstic - <[email protected]>

References

[1] https://packetstorm.news/files/id/194972/

Changelog

[22.05.2025] - Initial release
[26.05.2025] - Added reference [1]

Contact

Zero Science Lab

Web: https://www.zeroscience.mk
e-mail: [email protected]