What is CVE-2019-10985?

CVE-2019-10985 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-06-28.

How severe is CVE-2019-10985?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Advantech Webaccess

CVE-2019-10985

In WebAccess/SCADA, Versions 8.3.5 and prior, a path traversal vulnerability is caused by a lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to use in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to delete files while posing as an administrator.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.031 (86.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Advantech Webaccess
Webaccess Webaccess/scada — versions Versions 8.3.5 and prior

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10985?: CVE-2019-10985 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2019-10985?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.