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CVE-2020-8481

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8481 is a critical vulnerability affecting numerous ABB products, including ABB Ability System 800xA, Compact HMI, and Symphony Plus, where confidential data is stored in an unprotected file. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain full control of the affected system over the network with low attack complexity. The potential impact is severe, encompassing complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:abb:800xa_system:5.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0181 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

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Vendor Advisory
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Vendor Advisory