CVE-2017-14031 Privilege escalation in Trihedral Engineering Limited VTScada

High 7.8 Published Updated

A local non-administrator user can read and write to the file system, allowing privilege escalation and data modification in Trihedral VTScada.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-14031?

CVE-2017-14031 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trihedral Engineering Limited VTScada, published on 6 Nov 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An Improper Access Control issue was discovered in Trihedral VTScada 11.3.03 and prior. A local, non-administrator user has privileges to read and write to the file system of the target machine.

Weakness: CWE-269, CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14031?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Trihedral Vtscada.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14031?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14031 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-14031 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14031 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qw27-7q4v-mh55.

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