CVE-2020-24678 Potential Privilege Escalation in Symphony Plus
Authenticated users can execute malicious code to gain high privileges and control the system in ABB Symphony Plus Historian and Operations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-24678?
CVE-2020-24678 is a high-severity vulnerability in ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus Historian, published on 22 Dec 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An authenticated user might execute malicious code under the user context and take control of the system. S+ Operations or S+ Historian database is affected by multiple vulnerabilities such as the possibility to allow remote authenticated users to gain high privileges.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24678?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Abb Symphony \+ Historian, Abb Symphony \+ Operations.
How do I fix CVE-2020-24678?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-24678 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-24678 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24678 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus Historian
Sources
Also known as GHSA-49hv-qhwg-6w6c.