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CVE-2018-8840

A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet in InduSoft Web Studio v8.1 and prior...

9.8 Critical

A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet in InduSoft Web Studio v8.1 and prior versions, and/or InTouch Machine Edition 2017 v8.1 and prior versions during a tag, alarm, or event related action such as read and write, which may allow remote code execution.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

8.63%Up 6.2 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet in InduSoft Web Studio v8.1 and prior versions, and/or InTouch Machine Edition 2017 v8.1 and prior versions during a tag, alarm, or event related action such as read and write, which may allow remote code execution.

Record
CVE-2018-8840
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-121, CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet in InduSoft Web Studio v8.1 and prior versions, and/or InTouch Machine Edition 2017 v8.1 and prior versions during a tag, alarm, or event related action such as read and write, which may allow remote code execution.

Record
CVE-2018-8840
Weakness
CWE-121
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-20448 No score

A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet in InduSoft Web Studio v8.1 and prior versions, and/or InTouch Machine Edition 2017 v8.1 and prior versions during a tag, alarm, or event related action such as read and write, which may allow remote code execution.

Record
EUVD-2018-20448
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-794x-w4ff-7p84 9.8

A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet in InduSoft Web Studio v8.1 and prior...

A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted packet in InduSoft Web Studio v8.1 and prior versions, and/or InTouch Machine Edition 2017 v8.1 and prior versions during a tag, alarm, or event related action such as read and write, which may allow remote code execution.

Record
GHSA-794x-w4ff-7p84
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-8840 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Indusoft Web Studio, published April 18, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.63%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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