Paper/Archive/CVE-2020-8479

CVE-2020-8479

ABB Central Licensing System — ABB Central Licensing System - XML External Entity Injection

Description · from the CVE record

For the Central Licensing Server component used in ABB products ABB Ability™ System 800xA and related system extensions versions 5.1, 6.0 and 6.1, Compact HMI versions 5.1 and 6.0, Control Builder Safe 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0, Symphony Plus -S+ Operations 3.0 to 3.2 Symphony Plus -S+ Engineering 1.1 to 2.2, Composer Harmony 5.1, 6.0 and 6.1, Melody Composer 5.3, 6.1/6.2 and SPE for Melody 1.0SPx (Composer 6.3), Harmony OPC Server (HAOPC) Standalone 6.0, 6.1 and 7.0, ABB Ability™ System 800xA/ Advant® OCS Control Builder A 1.3 and 1.4, Advant® OCS AC100 OPC Server 5.1, 6.0 and 6.1, Composer CTK 6.1 and 6.2, AdvaBuild 3.7 SP1 and SP2, OPCServer for MOD 300 (non-800xA) 1.4, OPC Data Link 2.1 and 2.2, Knowledge Manager 8.0, 9.0 and 9.1, Manufacturing Operations Management 1812 and 1909, ABB AbilityTM SCADAvantage versions 5.1 to 5.6.5. an XML External Entity Injection vulnerability exists that allows an attacker to read or call arbitrary files from the license server and/or from the network and also block the license handling.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Central Licensing System5.1 – < 5*5*CNA
ABB Ability System 800xA5.1–CNA
ABB Ability System 800xA6.0–CNA
ABB Ability System 800xA6.1–CNA
Compact HMI5.1–CNA
Compact HMI6.0–CNA
Control Builder Safe1.0–CNA
Control Builder Safe1.1–CNA
Control Builder Safe2.0–CNA
Symphony Plus S+ Operations3 – 3.2–CNA
Symphony Plus S+ Engineering1.1 – 2.2–CNA
Composer Harmony5.1–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
ABB (CNA)9.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

References

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