CVE-2020-8478 (GCVE-0-2020-8478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-29 01:58 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:03
VLAI
Title
ABB System 800xA Inter process communication vulnerability
Summary
Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA products OPC Server for AC 800M, MMS Server for AC 800M and Base Software for SoftControl (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, affecting the online view of runtime data shown in Control Builder.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Assigner
ABB CNA under the icscert root
CNA scorecard C 68/100 over 16 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
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