icsa-17-201-01
Vulnerability from csaf_cisa
Published
2017-07-20 00:00
Modified
2017-07-20 00:00
Summary
Schneider Electric PowerSCADA Anywhere and Citect Anywhere

Notes

CISA Disclaimer
This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov
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All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided "as is" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.
Risk evaluation
ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit.
Critical infrastructure sectors
Commercial Facilities
Countries/areas deployed
Worldwide
Company headquarters location
Paris, France
Recommended Practices
NCCIC/ICS-CERT recommends that users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities. Specifically, users should:
Recommended Practices
ICS-CERT reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
Recommended Practices
ICS-CERT also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS-CERT web page. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Recommended Practices
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available in the ICS -CERT Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies, that is available for download from the ICS-CERT web site.
Recommended Practices
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to ICS-CERT for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
Exploitability
No known public exploits specifically target these vulnerabilities.


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        "summary": "notifying ICS-CERT of these vulnerabilities after they made the fixes available"
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        "title": "CISA Disclaimer"
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        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "text": "All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided \"as is\" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.",
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      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-352",
        "name": "Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)"
      },
      "notes": [
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          "text": "The secure gateway component of the affected products is vulnerable to CSRF for multiple state-changing requests. This type of attack requires some level of social engineering in order to get a legitimate user to click on or access a malicious link/site containing the CSRF attack.CVE-2017-7969 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
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        }
      ],
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        {
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          "details": "Schneider Electric strongly recommends that users upgrade their systems as soon as possible. The following provides links to instructions for addressing software that is at potential risk for the vulnerabilities:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "PowerSCADA Anywhere Version 1 used with PowerSCADA Expert v8.2 and PowerSCADA Expert v8.1: Uninstall PowerSCADA Anywhere (from Add/Remove Programs). Then install PowerSCADA Anywhere Version 1.1 available in the following location:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://schneider-electric.box.com/shared/static/3tvcc115kax8volhd8i13e4wg5k1sdel.iso"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Citect Anywhere version 1.1:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/scada/citectscada/downloads-updates/product-downloads?tab=extra_products"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "In addition to installing the provided security patch, Schneider Electric recommends that the following steps be taken to further harden the system:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Configure the HTTP origin header whitelist to match the environment\u0027s URL(s) used for accessing the secure gateway. This address may be one or more of the IP, machine name, or domain name where the secure gateway is hosted. The address may also be that of a load balancer or proxy, if the secure gateway is deployed that way.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Configure the secure gateway\u0027s whitelists to restrict access to expected client IPs, as well as to restrict access from the secure gateway to only expected internal server hosts. For an additional defense-in-depth layer, users can further use the Windows OS-level firewall (or zone firewalls) to restrict communication among only the expected nodes.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "If using self-signed certificates, configure the secure gateway machine to trust the server certificate.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Depending on the organization\u0027s requirements, users can further configure the secure gateway to restrict the usable TLS protocols. For an additional defense-in-depth layer, TLS protocols and cipher suites can also be restricted at the operating system level through the use of third party tools such as IISCrypto.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Create unique user accounts with minimal privileges dedicated to accessing applications remotely. OS group policy objects can be used to further restrict what those unique user accounts are allowed to do. For an example configuration that disables task manager from being launched in a remote app connection, follow the steps available here:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/35dd3cd6-cc67-476f-82e2-058293e6f657/how-do-i-disable-task-manager-for-users-only?forum=winserverTS"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For more information about the vulnerabilities and patch in PowerSCADA Anywhere, please refer to Schneider Electric Security Notification - PowerSCADA Anywhere SEVD-2017-173-01, which is available at the following location:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-173-01/"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For more information about the vulnerabilities and patch in Citect Anywhere, please refer to Schneider Electric Security Notification - Citect Anywhere, which is available at the following location:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/safety-and-security-notifications/36-security-notifications/9071-security-notification-citect-anywhere"
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
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            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
            "version": "3.0"
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          "products": [
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            "CSAFPID-0002"
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2017-7970",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-200",
        "name": "Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor"
      },
      "notes": [
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          "category": "summary",
          "text": "An attacker on an adjacent network may be able to specify arbitrary server target nodes in connection requests to the secure gateway and server components.CVE-2017-7970 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
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          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-7970"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Schneider Electric strongly recommends that users upgrade their systems as soon as possible. The following provides links to instructions for addressing software that is at potential risk for the vulnerabilities:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "PowerSCADA Anywhere Version 1 used with PowerSCADA Expert v8.2 and PowerSCADA Expert v8.1: Uninstall PowerSCADA Anywhere (from Add/Remove Programs). Then install PowerSCADA Anywhere Version 1.1 available in the following location:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://schneider-electric.box.com/shared/static/3tvcc115kax8volhd8i13e4wg5k1sdel.iso"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Citect Anywhere version 1.1:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/scada/citectscada/downloads-updates/product-downloads?tab=extra_products"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "In addition to installing the provided security patch, Schneider Electric recommends that the following steps be taken to further harden the system:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Configure the HTTP origin header whitelist to match the environment\u0027s URL(s) used for accessing the secure gateway. This address may be one or more of the IP, machine name, or domain name where the secure gateway is hosted. The address may also be that of a load balancer or proxy, if the secure gateway is deployed that way.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Configure the secure gateway\u0027s whitelists to restrict access to expected client IPs, as well as to restrict access from the secure gateway to only expected internal server hosts. For an additional defense-in-depth layer, users can further use the Windows OS-level firewall (or zone firewalls) to restrict communication among only the expected nodes.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "If using self-signed certificates, configure the secure gateway machine to trust the server certificate.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Depending on the organization\u0027s requirements, users can further configure the secure gateway to restrict the usable TLS protocols. For an additional defense-in-depth layer, TLS protocols and cipher suites can also be restricted at the operating system level through the use of third party tools such as IISCrypto.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Create unique user accounts with minimal privileges dedicated to accessing applications remotely. OS group policy objects can be used to further restrict what those unique user accounts are allowed to do. For an example configuration that disables task manager from being launched in a remote app connection, follow the steps available here:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/35dd3cd6-cc67-476f-82e2-058293e6f657/how-do-i-disable-task-manager-for-users-only?forum=winserverTS"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For more information about the vulnerabilities and patch in PowerSCADA Anywhere, please refer to Schneider Electric Security Notification - PowerSCADA Anywhere SEVD-2017-173-01, which is available at the following location:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-173-01/"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For more information about the vulnerabilities and patch in Citect Anywhere, please refer to Schneider Electric Security Notification - Citect Anywhere, which is available at the following location:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/safety-and-security-notifications/36-security-notifications/9071-security-notification-citect-anywhere"
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
          "cvss_v3": {
            "baseScore": 6.5,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
            "version": "3.0"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2017-7971",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-298",
        "name": "Improper Validation of Certificate Expiration"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "The affected products use outdated cipher suites and improperly verify peer SSL certificates.CVE-2017-7971 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
      ],
      "product_status": {
        "known_affected": [
          "CSAFPID-0001",
          "CSAFPID-0002"
        ]
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-7971"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Schneider Electric strongly recommends that users upgrade their systems as soon as possible. The following provides links to instructions for addressing software that is at potential risk for the vulnerabilities:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "PowerSCADA Anywhere Version 1 used with PowerSCADA Expert v8.2 and PowerSCADA Expert v8.1: Uninstall PowerSCADA Anywhere (from Add/Remove Programs). Then install PowerSCADA Anywhere Version 1.1 available in the following location:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://schneider-electric.box.com/shared/static/3tvcc115kax8volhd8i13e4wg5k1sdel.iso"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Citect Anywhere version 1.1:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/scada/citectscada/downloads-updates/product-downloads?tab=extra_products"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "In addition to installing the provided security patch, Schneider Electric recommends that the following steps be taken to further harden the system:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Configure the HTTP origin header whitelist to match the environment\u0027s URL(s) used for accessing the secure gateway. This address may be one or more of the IP, machine name, or domain name where the secure gateway is hosted. The address may also be that of a load balancer or proxy, if the secure gateway is deployed that way.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Configure the secure gateway\u0027s whitelists to restrict access to expected client IPs, as well as to restrict access from the secure gateway to only expected internal server hosts. For an additional defense-in-depth layer, users can further use the Windows OS-level firewall (or zone firewalls) to restrict communication among only the expected nodes.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "If using self-signed certificates, configure the secure gateway machine to trust the server certificate.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Depending on the organization\u0027s requirements, users can further configure the secure gateway to restrict the usable TLS protocols. For an additional defense-in-depth layer, TLS protocols and cipher suites can also be restricted at the operating system level through the use of third party tools such as IISCrypto.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Create unique user accounts with minimal privileges dedicated to accessing applications remotely. OS group policy objects can be used to further restrict what those unique user accounts are allowed to do. For an example configuration that disables task manager from being launched in a remote app connection, follow the steps available here:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/35dd3cd6-cc67-476f-82e2-058293e6f657/how-do-i-disable-task-manager-for-users-only?forum=winserverTS"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For more information about the vulnerabilities and patch in PowerSCADA Anywhere, please refer to Schneider Electric Security Notification - PowerSCADA Anywhere SEVD-2017-173-01, which is available at the following location:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-173-01/"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For more information about the vulnerabilities and patch in Citect Anywhere, please refer to Schneider Electric Security Notification - Citect Anywhere, which is available at the following location:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/safety-and-security-notifications/36-security-notifications/9071-security-notification-citect-anywhere"
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
          "cvss_v3": {
            "baseScore": 5.3,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
            "version": "3.0"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "cve": "CVE-2017-7972",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-146",
        "name": "Improper Neutralization of Expression/Command Delimiters"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "An attacker on an adjacent network may be able to escape out of remote applications and launch other processes.CVE-2017-7972 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
      ],
      "product_status": {
        "known_affected": [
          "CSAFPID-0001",
          "CSAFPID-0002"
        ]
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-7972"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Schneider Electric strongly recommends that users upgrade their systems as soon as possible. The following provides links to instructions for addressing software that is at potential risk for the vulnerabilities:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "PowerSCADA Anywhere Version 1 used with PowerSCADA Expert v8.2 and PowerSCADA Expert v8.1: Uninstall PowerSCADA Anywhere (from Add/Remove Programs). Then install PowerSCADA Anywhere Version 1.1 available in the following location:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://schneider-electric.box.com/shared/static/3tvcc115kax8volhd8i13e4wg5k1sdel.iso"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Citect Anywhere version 1.1:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/scada/citectscada/downloads-updates/product-downloads?tab=extra_products"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "In addition to installing the provided security patch, Schneider Electric recommends that the following steps be taken to further harden the system:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Configure the HTTP origin header whitelist to match the environment\u0027s URL(s) used for accessing the secure gateway. This address may be one or more of the IP, machine name, or domain name where the secure gateway is hosted. The address may also be that of a load balancer or proxy, if the secure gateway is deployed that way.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Configure the secure gateway\u0027s whitelists to restrict access to expected client IPs, as well as to restrict access from the secure gateway to only expected internal server hosts. For an additional defense-in-depth layer, users can further use the Windows OS-level firewall (or zone firewalls) to restrict communication among only the expected nodes.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "If using self-signed certificates, configure the secure gateway machine to trust the server certificate.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Depending on the organization\u0027s requirements, users can further configure the secure gateway to restrict the usable TLS protocols. For an additional defense-in-depth layer, TLS protocols and cipher suites can also be restricted at the operating system level through the use of third party tools such as IISCrypto.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Create unique user accounts with minimal privileges dedicated to accessing applications remotely. OS group policy objects can be used to further restrict what those unique user accounts are allowed to do. For an example configuration that disables task manager from being launched in a remote app connection, follow the steps available here:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/35dd3cd6-cc67-476f-82e2-058293e6f657/how-do-i-disable-task-manager-for-users-only?forum=winserverTS"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For more information about the vulnerabilities and patch in PowerSCADA Anywhere, please refer to Schneider Electric Security Notification - PowerSCADA Anywhere SEVD-2017-173-01, which is available at the following location:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-173-01/"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For more information about the vulnerabilities and patch in Citect Anywhere, please refer to Schneider Electric Security Notification - Citect Anywhere, which is available at the following location:",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/safety-and-security-notifications/36-security-notifications/9071-security-notification-citect-anywhere"
        }
      ],
      "scores": [
        {
          "cvss_v3": {
            "baseScore": 5.5,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
            "version": "3.0"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001",
            "CSAFPID-0002"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}


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