Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio RCE (Apr 2018)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 109144

Synopsis

Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio requires a security update.

Description

An installed version of Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio is vulnerable to RCE and therefore requires a security update.

Solution

Update to Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio 8.1 SP1.

See Also

https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-01

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-07

http://www.nessus.org/u?dcfab1a4

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 109144

File Name: scada_schneider_electric_iws_tra-2018-07_local.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/18/2018

Updated: 10/30/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8840

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:indusoft:web_studio, x-cpe:/a:schneider_electric:indusoft_web_studio

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8840

ICSA: 18-107-01

TRA: TRA-2018-07