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CVE-2020-8487 (GCVE-0-2020-8487)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-29 01:59 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:03
VLAI
Title
ABB System 800xA Inter process communication vulnerability - System 800xA Base
Summary
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.
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ABB System 800xA Base Affected: all versions
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