CVE-2020-24679 json
Denial of Service attack on Symphony Plus
published 2020-12-22 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-17393
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.9%
- EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A S+ Operations and S+ Historian service is subject to a DoS by special crafted messages. An attacker might use this flaw to make it crash or even execute arbitrary code on the machine where the service is hosted.
Patch / fix
- ABB ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus Operations 2.1 SP2 Rollup 2, 2.2, 3.3 Service Pack 1
- ABB ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus Historian 3.2
Exploit prediction
1.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- ABB ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus Operations
- ABB ABB Ability™ Symphony® Plus Historian
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
-
search.abb.com
/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=2PAA123980&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch
mitigation, vendor-advisory
-
search.abb.com
/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=2PAA123982&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch
mitigation, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-24679
- NVD CVE-2020-24679
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