Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding
CVE-2023-31169

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Status
Sel-5030 Acselerator Quickset Software
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 August 2023

Summary

An Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5030 acSELerator QuickSet Software could allow an attacker to embed instructions that could be executed by an authorized device operator.

See Instruction Manual Appendix A and Appendix E dated 20230615 for more details. This issue affects SEL-5030 acSELerator QuickSet Software: through 7.1.3.0.

Affected Version(s)

SEL-5030 acSELerator QuickSet Software Windows 0 <= 7.1.3.0

References

https://selinc.com/support/security-notifications/externa...
https://www.nozominetworks.com/blog/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks
.