VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-13551

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-02-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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 PostgreSQL executable, an attacker can either replace binary or loaded modules to execute code with NT SYSTEM privilege.

Weakness classification

  • talos-cna@cisco.com: CWE-276
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-276

Primary references