What is CVE-2018-17928?

CVE-2018-17928 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Abb Cms-770, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2018-17928?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Abb Cms-770

CVE-2018-17928

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.008 (51.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Abb Cms-770 — versions Software Versions 1.7.1 and prior.
Abb Cms-770_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17928?: CVE-2018-17928 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Abb Cms-770, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-17928?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.