CVE-2020-13553

HIGH 8.8CVE-2020-13553 · Published 17/02/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-13553 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting webaccess/scada (advantech).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.50%, higher than 43.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
webaccess/scada advantech	`= 9.0.1`	No fix yet

Description

An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of Advantech WebAccess/SCADA 9.0.1 installation. In webvrpcs Run Key Privilege Escalation in installation folder of WebAccess, an attacker can either replace binary or loaded modules to execute code with NT SYSTEM privilege.

References

talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1169 · Exploit

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

webaccess/scada

advantech

= 9.0.1

No fix yet

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