Privilege escalation via excessive execution privileges
Published Mar 28, 2023 · Updated Feb 18, 2025
Improper authorization in Hitachi Energy MicroSCADA X SDM600 before 1.3.0 allows local users with administrative privileges to escalate privileges. Hitachi Energy has not identified the affected service or operation; it states only that SDM600 runs with more privilege than required. A local user with administrative privileges must reach the undisclosed operation to gain privileges beyond those already held.
Summary
What happened
Improper authorization in Hitachi Energy MicroSCADA X SDM600 before 1.3.0 allows local users with administrative privileges to escalate privileges. Hitachi Energy has not identified the affected service or operation; it states only that SDM600 runs with more privilege than required. A local user with administrative privileges must reach the undisclosed operation to gain privileges beyond those already held.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-3685
- Published
- Mar 28, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 18, 2025
- Vendor
- Hitachi Energy
- Product
- MicroSCADA X SDM600
- Classifications
- CWE-285, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 28, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=SDM600 1.0 <=SDM600 1.0.*
- Affected versionversion=SDM600 1.1 <=SDM600 1.1.*
- Affected versionversion=SDM600 1.2 <=SDM600 1.2.*
- Affected versionversion=SDM600 1.3
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