CVE-2020-13551

8.8HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Advantech
Status
Advantech
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 February 2021

Summary

An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of Advantech WebAccess/SCADA 9.0.1 installation. In privilege escalation via PostgreSQL executable, an attacker can either replace binary or loaded modules to execute code with NT SYSTEM privilege.

Affected Version(s)

Advantech = Advantech WebAccess/SCADA 9.0.1

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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