Aveva Indusoft Web Studio Remote Code Execution (CVE-2018-8840)

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in indusoft web studio. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system...

Schneider Electric Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability

Researchers discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability in two Schneider Electric industrial control related products that could give attackers the ability to disrupt or shut down plant operations. Tenable Research, who discovered the vulnerability CVE-2018-8840 and created a...

CVE-2018-8840

A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet in InduSoft Web Studio v8.1 and prior versions, and/or InTouch Machine Edition 2017 v8.1 and prior versions during a tag, alarm, or event related action such as read and write, which may allow remote code execution...

CVE-2018-8840

The CVE-2018-8840 issue is a stack-based buffer overflow in Schneider Electric InduSoft Web Studio (v8.1 and earlier) and InTouch Machine Edition 2017 (v8.1 and earlier). The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to trigger arbitrary code execution by sending a crafted packet during tag, alarm, ...