Privilege escalation in SCADA Webserver - CVE-2017-12728
Published: September 8, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8167
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12728
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
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.
Affected software
SCADA Webserver
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12728
Update to version 2.02.0100.