CVE-2020-8471

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8471
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-29 02:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-06-09 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionFor the Central Licensing Server component used in ABB products ABB Ability™ System 800xA and related system extensions versions 5.1, 6.0 and 6.1, Compact HMI versions 5.1 and 6.0, Control Builder Safe 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0, Symphony Plus -S+ Operations 3.0 to 3.2 Symphony Plus -S+ Engineering 1.1 to 2.2, Composer Harmony 5.1, 6.0 and 6.1, Melody Composer 5.3, 6.1/6.2 and SPE for Melody 1.0SPx (Composer 6.3), Harmony OPC Server (HAOPC) Standalone 6.0, 6.1 and 7.0, ABB Ability™ System 800xA/ Advant® OCS Control Builder A 1.3 and 1.4, Advant® OCS AC100 OPC Server 5.1, 6.0 and 6.1, Composer CTK 6.1 and 6.2, AdvaBuild 3.7 SP1 and SP2, OPCServer for MOD 300 (non-800xA) 1.4, OPC Data Link 2.1 and 2.2, Knowledge Manager 8.0, 9.0 and 9.1, Manufacturing Operations Management 1812 and 1909, weak file permissions allow an authenticated attacker to block the license handling, escalate his/her privileges and execute arbitrary code.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-276

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Abb 800xa System 5.1 - All All
Application Abb 800xa System 5.1 feature_pack_4 All All
Application Abb 800xa System 5.1 feature_pack_4_revision_d All All
Application Abb 800xa System 5.1 revision_a All All
Application Abb 800xa System 5.1 revision_b All All
Application Abb 800xa System 5.1 revision_c All All
Application Abb 800xa System 5.1 revision_d All All
Application Abb 800xa System 5.1 - All All
Application Abb 800xa System 5.1 feature_pack_4 All All
Application Abb 800xa System 5.1 feature_pack_4_revision_d All All
Application Abb 800xa System 5.1 revision_a All All
Application Abb 800xa System 5.1 revision_b All All
Application Abb 800xa System 5.1 revision_c All All
Application Abb 800xa System 5.1 revision_d All All
Application Abb Compact Hmi 5.1 - All All
Application Abb Compact Hmi 5.1 feature_pack_4_revision_d All All
Application Abb Compact Hmi 5.1 revision_b All All
Application Abb Compact Hmi 5.1 revision_d All All
Application Abb Compact Hmi 5.1 - All All
Application Abb Compact Hmi 5.1 feature_pack_4_revision_d All All
Application Abb Compact Hmi 5.1 revision_b All All
Application Abb Compact Hmi 5.1 revision_d All All
Application Abb Control Builder Safe 1.0 All All All
Application Abb Control Builder Safe 1.1 All All All
Application Abb Control Builder Safe 1.0 All All All
Application Abb Control Builder Safe 1.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ABB Central Licensing System | CISA MISC www.us-cert.gov
search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx CONFIRM search.abb.com Vendor Advisory
search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx CONFIRM search.abb.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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