SB2017051901 - Privilege escalation in Schneider Electric Wonderware InduSoft Web Studio
Published: May 19, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017051901
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7968)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to insufficient permissions that are set on files and directories in the system's path. A local attacker can
use Wonderware InduSoft Web Studio installation to write and execute malicious files to gain root privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in privilege escalation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.