CVE-2020-8485
ABB System 800xA Inter process communication vulnerability - 800xA for Mod 300
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 29, 2020 at 01:59 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendor800XA
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA for MOD 300 (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, allowing reads and writes to the controllers or cause windows processes to crash.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=2PAA121236&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=LaunchCVSS
7.8HIGHABB
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264NVD-CWE-Other
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