Medium severity · published Oct 10, 2018
CVE-2018-17925
Multiple instances of this vulnerability (Unsafe ActiveX Control Marked Safe For Scripting) have been identified in the third-party ActiveX object provided to GE iFIX versions 2.0…
4.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple instances of this vulnerability (Unsafe ActiveX Control Marked Safe For Scripting) have been identified in the third-party ActiveX object provided to GE iFIX versions 2.0 - 5.8 by Gigasoft. Only the independent use of the Gigasoft charting package outside the iFIX product may expose users to the reported vulnerability. The reported method shown to impact Internet Explorer is not exposed in the iFIX product, nor is the core functionality of the iFIX product known to be impacted.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IF
Ifix · GE
2.0 through 5.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17925
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17925
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105540
Third Party Advisory
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-282-01
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