CVE-2018-1168 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting ABB MicroSCADA 9.3 with FP 1-2-3, specifically Hitachi Energy SYS600 products. The flaw stems from misconfigured access controls during installation, allowing any authenticated user to manipulate critical product files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating that a low-privileged attacker can achieve SYSTEM privileges with low attack complexity and no user interaction. There is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hitachienergy:sys600_firmware:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hitachienergy:sys600_firmware:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hitachienergy:sys600_firmware:9.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hitachienergy:sys600_firmware:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hitachienergy:sys600_firmware:9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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