CVE-2017-7972

A vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric's PowerSCADA Anywhere v1.0 redistributed with PowerSCADA Expert v8.1 and PowerSCADA Expert v8.2 and Citect Anywhere version 1.0 that allows the ability to escape out of remote PowerSCADA Anywhere applications and launch other processes.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 5.2 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploitability : 2.1 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

5.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 5.1 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-173-01/	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99913	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/safety-and-security-central/36-security-notifications/9071-security-notification-citect-anywhere	Issue Tracking Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-173-01/	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99913	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/safety-and-security-central/36-security-notifications/9071-security-notification-citect-anywhere	Issue Tracking Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:powerscada_anywhere:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:powerscada_expert:8.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:powerscada_expert:8.2:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:citect_anywhere:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-09-26 01:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-7972

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7972

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7972

JSON object : View

Products Affected

schneider-electric

powerscada_expert
powerscada_anywhere
citect_anywhere

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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