ABB System 800xA for MOD 300 Inter-Process Communication access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in ABB System 800xA for MOD 300 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Inter-Process Communication. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-8485. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ABB System 800xA for MOD 300 (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Inter-Process Communication. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA for MOD 300 (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, allowing reads and writes to the controllers or cause windows processes to crash.

The weakness was presented 04/29/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at search.abb.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-8485 since 01/30/2020. Attacking locally is a requirement. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

See VDB-154559, VDB-154562, VDB-154564 and VDB-154565 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Timelineinfo

01/30/2020 🔍
04/29/2020 +90 days 🔍
04/29/2020 +0 days 🔍
06/04/2024 +1497 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: search.abb.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2020-8485 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-8485
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-154563
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/29/2020 08:34
Updated: 06/04/2024 10:02
Changes: 04/29/2020 08:34 (38), 04/29/2020 09:30 (11), 10/14/2020 09:59 (1), 10/14/2020 10:05 (1), 06/04/2024 10:02 (33)
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