CVE-2020-8484
ABB System 800xA Inter process communication vulnerability - 800xA for DCI
Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA for DCI (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, allowing reads and writes to the controllers or cause windows processes to crash.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
ABB System 800xA Inter process communication vulnerability - 800xA for DCI
Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA for DCI (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, allowing reads and writes to the controllers or cause windows processes to crash.
- Record
CVE-2020-8484- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-29350
Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA for DCI (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, allowing reads and writes to the controllers or cause windows processes to crash.
- Record
EUVD-2020-29350- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2x2x-f8f2-vqmf No score
Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA for DCI ...
Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA for DCI (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, allowing reads and writes to the controllers or cause windows processes to crash.
- Record
GHSA-2x2x-f8f2-vqmf- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Insufficient protection of the inter-process communication functions in ABB System 800xA for DCI (all published versions) enables an attacker authenticated on the local system to inject data, allowing reads and writes to the controllers or cause windows processes to crash.
- Record
CVE-2020-8484- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8484 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Abb 800xa, published April 29, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.