VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-24685

CVSS score8.6 HIGH
EPSS probability1.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-02-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

An unauthenticated specially crafted packet sent by an attacker over the network will cause a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability allows attacker to stop the PLC. After stopping (ERR LED flashing red), physical access to the PLC is required in order to restart the application. This issue affects: ABB AC500 V2 products with onboard Ethernet version 2.8.4 and prior versions.

Weakness classification

  • cybersecurity@ch.abb.com: CWE-789
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-770

Primary references