CVE-2018-17916

high-risk
Published 2018-11-02

InduSoft Web Studio versions prior to 8.1 SP2, and InTouch Edge HMI (formerly InTouch Machine Edition) versions prior to 2017 SP2. A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet to exploit a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability during tag, alarm, or event related actions such as read and write, with potential for code to be executed. If InduSoft Web Studio remote communication security was not enabled, or a password was left blank, a remote user could send a carefully crafted packet to invoke an arbitrary process, with potential for code to be executed. The code would be executed under the privileges of the InduSoft Web Studio or InTouch Edge HMI runtime and could lead to a compromise of the InduSoft Web Studio or InTouch Edge HMI server machine.

Do I need to act?

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9.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Aveva

References (4)

Mitigation https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-305-01
Exploit https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-34
Mitigation https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-305-01
Exploit https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-34
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 11/34 · Low
Exposure 22/34 · High