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High severity · published Apr 11, 2019
CVE-2019-6525
AVEVA Wonderware System Platform 2017 Update 2 and prior uses an ArchestrA network user account for authentication of system processes and inter-node communications
8.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
AVEVA Wonderware System Platform 2017 Update 2 and prior uses an ArchestrA network user account for authentication of system processes and inter-node communications. A user with low privileges could make use of an API to obtain the credentials for this account.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WS
Wonderware System Platform · Aveva
before 2017; 2017; 2017; 2017 · source: NVD
Affected product
WS
Wonderware System Platform
Aveva
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6525
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6525
Third Party Advisory
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-19-029-03
Vendor Advisory
https://sw.aveva.com/hubfs/assets-2018/pdf/security-bulletin/SecurityBulletin_LFSec135.pdf