InduSoft Web Studio Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (Nov 2017) - Windows
🗓️ 03 Nov 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of Schneider Electric InTouch Machine Edition and InduSoft Web Studio HMI/SCADA systems lies in their authentication procedures, which allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands and gain full control over the server. | 4 Dec 201700:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio and InTouch Machine Edition Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | 22 Sep 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2017-13997 | 2 Oct 201705:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-13997 | 2 Oct 201705:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2017-5512 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio, InTouch Machine Edition | 21 Sep 201700:00 | – | ics | |
| CVE-2017-13997 | 3 Oct 201701:29 | – | nvd | |
| InTouch Machine Edition Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (Nov 2017) - Windows | 20 Nov 201700:00 | – | openvas | |
| CVE-2017-13997 | 3 Oct 201701:29 | – | osv | |
| Authentication flaw | 3 Oct 201701:29 | – | prion |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| indusoft | www.indusoft.com/ |
| ics-cert | www.ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-264-01 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/100952 |
| download | www.download.indusoft.com/80.2.1/IWS80.2.1.zip |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:schneider_electric:indusoft_web_studio";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.811889");
script_version("2025-09-19T05:38:25+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-13997");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 05:38:25 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-09 23:23:00 +0000 (Wed, 09 Oct 2019)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-11-03 17:54:57 +0530 (Fri, 03 Nov 2017)");
script_name("InduSoft Web Studio Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (Nov 2017) - Windows");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_schneider_indusoft_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("schneider_indusoft/installed");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-264-01");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100952");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://download.indusoft.com/80.2.1/IWS80.2.1.zip");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.indusoft.com");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"InduSoft Web Studio is prone to an authentication bypass vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to missing authentication
for a critical function.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow an
attacker to bypass the authentication mechanism and can trigger the execution
of an arbitrary command. The command is executed under high privileges and
could lead to a complete compromise of the server.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio
v8.0 SP2 or prior on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to InduSoft Web Studio
v8.0 SP2 Patch 1 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE)) exit(0);
studioVer = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less_equal(version:studioVer, test_version:"8.0.2.0"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:studioVer, fixed_version:"8.0.2.1", install_path:path );
security_message( data:report);
exit(0);
}
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