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Description

An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could cause enable command execution. A vulnerability exists in the AC500 V3 version mentioned. After successfully exploiting CVE-2024-12429 (directory traversal), a successfully authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary commands into a specifically crafted file, which then will be executed by root user. All AC500 V3 products (PM5xxx) with firmware version earlier than 3.8.0 are affected by this vulnerability.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2024-12-10 | Published 2025-01-07 | Updated 2025-11-03 | Assigner ABB




HIGH: 7.3CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

HIGH: 7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-280: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version before 3.8.0
affected

Credits

ABB acknowledges and extends gratitude to D. Blagojevic, S. Dietz and T. Weber of CyberDanube for responsibly disclosing the vulnerability and providing valuable input on product improvements. finder

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jan/5

search.abb.com/...guageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch

cve.org (CVE-2024-12430)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-12430)

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