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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2020-16202 – Advantech WebAccess Node privilege escalation

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Advantech WebAccess Node could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by incorrect permissions set for resources. An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to achieve code execution with system privileges.

Impact

Gain Privileges

Affected Vendors

Advantech

Affected Products

Advantech WebAccess Node 9.0.0

Remediation

Advantech has released update 9.0.1 to mitigate this vulnerability.

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