Medium severity · published Jan 25, 2018
CVE-2018-5445
A Path Traversal issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA versions prior to V8.2_20170817
5.3
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Path Traversal issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA versions prior to V8.2_20170817. An attacker has read access to files within the directory structure of the target device.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WE
Webaccess/scada · Advantech
before 8.2_20170817 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5445
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5445
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102781
Third Party Advisory
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-023-01
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