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CVE-2020-8487

ABB System 800xA Inter process communication vulnerability - System 800xA Base

Published: Apr 29, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD csafCWE-264
6.6MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 76.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA Base (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, affect node redundancy handling.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:LI:LA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-264NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

ABB
commercial·CHaka asea brown boveri, abb group
800xa base system
ICS / OT / IoT
System 800xA Base
ICS / OT / IoT

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=2PAA121236&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch
search.abb.com
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2020/icsa-20-154-03.json
raw.githubusercontent.com
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-20-154-03
cisa.gov
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