VDB-107141 · CVE-2017-7972 · BID 99913

Schneider Electric PowerSCADA Anywhere 1.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Schneider Electric PowerSCADA Anywhere 1.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-7972. The attack needs to be approached within the local network. There is no exploit available. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Schneider Electric PowerSCADA Anywhere 1.0 (SCADA Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric's PowerSCADA Anywhere v1.0 redistributed with PowerSCADA Expert v8.1 and PowerSCADA Expert v8.2 and Citect Anywhere version 1.0 that allows the ability to escape out of remote PowerSCADA Anywhere applications and launch other processes.

The bug was discovered 07/20/2017. The weakness was released 09/26/2017 with Schneider Electric (Website). The advisory is shared at schneider-electric.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-7972 since 04/19/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 67 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 99913†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-107138, VDB-107139, VDB-107140 and VDB-113181. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/19/2017 🔍
07/20/2017 +92 days 🔍
07/20/2017 +0 days 🔍
09/25/2017 +67 days 🔍
09/26/2017 +1 days 🔍
09/26/2017 +0 days 🔍
01/14/2021 +1206 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: schneider-electric.com

Advisory: schneider-electric.com
Researcher: Schneider Electric
Organization: Schneider Electric
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-7972 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7972
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-107141
SecurityFocus: 99913 - Schneider Electric PowerSCADA Anywhere and Citect Anywhere Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/26/2017 15:15
Updated: 01/14/2021 13:44
Changes: 09/26/2017 15:15 (62), 11/19/2019 17:21 (2), 01/14/2021 13:44 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:D0C:103

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