CVE-2018-17908

Summary

CVECVE-2018-17908
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-29 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:37:00 UTC
DescriptionWebAccess Versions 8.3.2 and prior. During installation, the application installer disables user access control and does not re-enable it after the installation is complete. This could allow an attacker to run elevated arbitrary code.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-284

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Advantech Webaccess All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Advantech WebAccess | ICS-CERT MISC ics-cert.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Advantech WebAccess Bugs Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 590843 Advantech WebAccess Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-18-298-02)

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