ABB System 800xA Base Inter-Process Communication access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ABB System 800xA Base. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Inter-Process Communication. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-8487. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ABB System 800xA Base (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Inter-Process Communication. 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:

Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA Base (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, affect node redundancy handling.

The weakness was published 04/29/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at search.abb.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-8487 since 01/30/2020. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement 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.

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

Similar entries are available at VDB-154559, VDB-154562, VDB-154563 and VDB-154564. 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: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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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 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: search.abb.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2020-8487 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-8487
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-154565
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/29/2020 08:35
Updated: 06/04/2024 10:07
Changes: 04/29/2020 08:35 (37), 04/29/2020 09:30 (11), 10/14/2020 10:32 (1), 10/14/2020 10:43 (1), 06/04/2024 10:07 (33)
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