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CVE-2017-7972

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

A vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric's PowerSCADA Anywhere v1.0 redistributed with PowerSCADA Expert v8.1 and PowerSCADA Expert v8.2 and Citect Anywhere version 1.0 that allows the ability to escape out of remote PowerSCADA Anywhere applications and launch other processes.

Affected products

• Schneider Electric SE Citect Anywhere: 1.0
• Schneider Electric SE PowerSCADA Anywhere: 1.0

References

• http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-173-01/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99913
• https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/safety-and-security-central/36-security-notifications/9071-security-notification-citect-anywhere
• http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-173-01/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99913
• https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/safety-and-security-central/36-security-notifications/9071-security-notification-citect-anywhere

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