RULE(RULE ID:712768)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2019-03-20
Rule Name: SolarWinds Orion NPM OrionModuleEngine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2019-8917)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: SolarWinds Orion NPM before 12.4 suffers from a SYSTEM remote code execution vulnerability in the OrionModuleEngine service. This service establishes a NetTcpBinding endpoint that allows remote, unauthenticated clients to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The InvokeActionMethod method may be abused by an attacker to execute commands as the SYSTEM user.
Impact: An attacker can execute arbitrary code via a successful exploit in the context of the vulnerable software.
Affected OS: Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Other Unix, Network Device, Mac OS, iOS, Android, Others
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:107061
https://github.com/VerSprite/research/blob/master/advisories/VS-2019-001.md
Solutions
Upgrading to version 12.4 eliminates this vulnerability.