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CVE-2020-13552 Details

Description

An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of Advantech WebAccess/SCADA 9.0.1 installation. In privilege escalation via multiple service executables in installation folder of WebAccess, an attacker can either replace binary or loaded modules to execute code with NT SYSTEM privilege.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1169	CVE	ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1169	[email protected]	ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-276	Incorrect Default Permissions	[email protected]
CWE-276	Incorrect Default Permissions	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
advantech webaccess/scada	9.0.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:advantech:webaccess/scada:9.0.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 29, 2022	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 28, 2022	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 19, 2022	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 21, 2021	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Feb 19, 2021	Initial Analysis	[email protected]