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CVE-2018-17926

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

The product M2M ETHERNET (FW Versions 2.22 and prior, ETH-FW Versions 1.01 and prior) is vulnerable in that an attacker can upload a malicious language file by bypassing the user authentication mechanism.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

ABB — Eth-fw FirmwareABB — FW Firmware

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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