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CVE-2018-15705

Advantech WebAccess SCADA 8.3.2 - Remote Code Execution

Severity Score

6.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

2
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

WADashboard API in Advantech WebAccess 8.3.1 and 8.3.2 allows remote authenticated attackers to write or overwrite any file on the filesystem due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the writeFile API. An attacker can use this vulnerability to remotely execute arbitrary code.

WADashboard API en Advantech WebAccess 8.3.1 y 8.3.2 permite que atacantes autenticados remotos escriban o sobrescriban cualquier archivo del sistema de archivos debido a una vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en la API writeFile. Un atacante puede emplear esta vulnerabilidad para ejecutar código arbitrario de forma remota.

Advantech WebAccess SCADA version 8.3.2 suffers from a code execution vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2018-08-22 CVE Reserved
  • 2018-10-31 CVE Published
  • 2024-09-09 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-16 First Exploit
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Advantech
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 Webaccess
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 8.3.1
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Affected
Advantech
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 Webaccess
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 8.3.2
Search vendor "Advantech" for product "Webaccess" and version "8.3.2"
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Affected