CVE-2014-0771 (GCVE-0-2014-0771)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-04-12 01:00 – Updated: 2025-09-19 19:15
VLAI
Title
Advantech WebAccess File and Directory Information Exposure
Summary
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Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
icscert CNA under the icscert root
CNA scorecard B 75/100 over 343 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Advantech WebAccess Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.1 (custom)
Unaffected: 7.2
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Date Public
2014-04-08 06:00
Credits
Andrea Micalizzi, aka rgod, Tom Gallagher, and an independent anonymous researcher working with HP’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)
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Advantech has created a new version (Version 7.2) that mitigates each of the vulnerabilities described above. Users may download this version from the following location at their web site:  http://webaccess.advantech.com/downloads.php?item=software For additional information about WebAccess, please visit the following Advantech web site:  http://webaccess.advantech.com/

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