CVE-2019-10985 — In WebAccess/SCADA, Versions 8

In WebAccess/SCADA, Versions 8.3.5 and prior, a path traversal vulnerability is caused by a lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to use in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to delete files while posing as an administrator.

01What is this vulnerability?

In WebAccess/SCADA, Versions 8.3.5 and prior, a path traversal vulnerability is caused by a lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to use in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to delete files while posing as an administrator.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
WebAccess	WebAccess/SCADA	Versions 8.3.5 and prior

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-06-28T20:05:33.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T22:40:15.691Z

09References

• www.us-cert.gov — https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-19-178-05
• www.zerodayinitiative.com — https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-622/