Privilege escalation in SCADA Webserver - CVE-2017-12728

 

Privilege escalation in SCADA Webserver - CVE-2017-12728

Published: September 8, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8167
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12728
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: iniNet Solutions GmbH
Affected software:
SCADA Webserver

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper privilege management. A local attacker can alter service executables and execute arbitrary code under the context of the current system services.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-12728

Update to version 2.02.0100.

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