Host takeover via unprotected confidential-data file
Published Apr 29, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Information disclosure in ABB Central Licensing System before 5.1.0-5 allows local users to read confidential data from an unprotected file. CLS writes confidential data without protecting the file from low-privileged reads; ABB has not identified the file or data publicly. A low-privileged login to an affected node is required, and the exposed data enables complete control of the computer.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in ABB Central Licensing System before 5.1.0-5 allows local users to read confidential data from an unprotected file. CLS writes confidential data without protecting the file from low-privileged reads; ABB has not identified the file or data publicly. A low-privileged login to an affected node is required, and the exposed data enables complete control of the computer.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-8481
- Published
- Apr 29, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- GENEREX SYSTEMS Computervertriebsgesellschaft mbH
- Product
- Central Licensing System
- Classifications
- CWE-200, CWE-922, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 29, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.1 <5*
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