CVE-2018-8840 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet in InduSoft Web Studio v8.1 and prior versions, and/or InTouch Machine Edition 2017 v8.1 and prior versions during a tag, alarm, or event related action such as read and write, which may allow remote code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.35266.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Indusoft	Web Studio
Industrial-software	Intouch Machine Edition 2017

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:indusoft:web_studio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:industrial-software:intouch_machine_edition_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://software.schneider-electric.com/pdf/security-bulletin/lfsec00000125/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103949
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-01
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-07

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.38922}`	epss `{'score': 0.35266}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published: 2018-04-18T20:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:53:19.851Z

Reserved: 2018-03-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-8840

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-18T20:29:00.920

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:14:25.670

Link: CVE-2018-8840

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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