CVE-2017-11672 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the OPC Foundation Local Discovery Server (LDS) versions prior to 1.03.367. The issue stems from the Windows Service installation lacking double quotes around the opcualds.exe executable path, which could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.03.367CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opcfoundation:local_discovery_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.