VDB-154567 · CVE-2020-8489 · GCVE-0-2020-8489

ABB System 800xA Information Management Inter-Process Communication access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ABB System 800xA Information Management. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Inter-Process Communication. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-8489. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in ABB System 800xA Information Management (Information Management Software) (version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Inter-Process Communication. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA Information Management (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, affecting the runtime values to be stored in the archive, or making Information Management history services unavailable.

The weakness was disclosed 04/29/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at search.abb.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-8489 since 01/30/2020. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. 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.

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Productinfo

Type

Information Management Software

Vendor

Name

System 800xA Information Management

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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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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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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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-2020-8489 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-8489
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-154567
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/29/2020 08:36
Updated: 06/04/2024 10:20
Changes: 04/29/2020 08:36 (38), 04/29/2020 09:30 (12), 10/14/2020 11:00 (1), 10/14/2020 11:08 (1), 06/04/2024 10:20 (33)
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