Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU12759

Improper privilege management in Advantech Co., Ltd products - CVE-2018-8841

Published: May 16, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12759

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8841

CWE-ID: CWE-269

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to write arbitrary files on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper privilege management. A remote attacker can modify files when read access should only be given to the user.

WebAccess/NMS
WebAccess Dashboard
Advantech WebAccess
WebAccess Scada Node

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