CVE-2018-8840

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-121

Description

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.

Affected products

InduSoft Web Studio: through 8.1
Industrial-Software Intouch Machine Edition 2017: through 8.1

References

http://software.schneider-electric.com/pdf/security-bulletin/lfsec00000125/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103949
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-01
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-07
http://software.schneider-electric.com/pdf/security-bulletin/lfsec00000125/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103949
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-107-01
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-07

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