Improper access control in Advantech WebAccess - CVE-2018-17908
Published: October 26, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15542
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17908
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the application installer disables user access control and does not re-enable it after the installation is complete. A local unauthenticated attacker can run elevated arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Advantech WebAccess
How to mitigate CVE-2018-17908
Update to version 8.3.3.
Advantech WebAccess - update to 8.3.3