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CVE-2023-31175 (GCVE-0-2023-31175)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-31 15:31 – Updated: 2024-10-01 17:03
VLAI
Title
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Summary
An Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator could allow an attacker to run system commands with the highest level privilege on the system. See Instruction Manual Appendix A and Appendix E dated 20230615 for more details. This issue affects SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator: before 4.5.0.20.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-01 17:03 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecesary Privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator Affected: 0 , < 4.5.0.20 (custom)
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Date Public
2023-08-31 16:00
Credits
Andrea Palanca of Nozomi Networks
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