CVE-2018-17928 Auth bypass in CMS-770

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

An attacker can bypass authentication to read sensitive configuration files in the ABB CMS-770 system.

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

What is CVE-2018-17928?

CVE-2018-17928 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in ABB CMS-770, published on 31 Jan 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The product CMS-770 (Software Versions 1.7.1 and prior)is vulnerable that an attacker can read sensitive configuration files by bypassing the user authentication mechanism.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17928?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Abb Cms-770 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-17928?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-17928 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2018-17928 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-17928 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qf28-rwjg-vr2r.

Is CVE-2018-17928 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free