A CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory exists in IGSS (Versions 14 and prior using the service: IGSSupdate),…

published 2020-03-23 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-28603

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 4.1%; EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits: 0; none known

A CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory exists in IGSS (Versions 14 and prior using the service: IGSSupdate), which could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files from the IGSS server PC on an unrestricted or shared network when the IGSS Update Service is enabled.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

schneider-electric interactive_graphical_scada_system 14.0.0.20009

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-20-084-02 updated 2020-03-24 cvss 7.5

Schneider Electric IGSS SCADA Software

Schneider Electric Software, LLC IGSS (Interactive Graphical SCADA System) <= 14
affected: mitigation “Schneider Electric has provided IGSS14 Version 14.0.0.20009 to address these vulnerabilities. Users are recommended to update to IGSS Version 14.” se.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

n/a IGSS (Interactive Graphical SCADA System) (IGSS Version prior to 14.0.0.20009)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

se.com /ww/en/download/document/SEVD-2020-070-01/
vendor-advisory
zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-20-371/
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7478
NVD CVE-2020-7478

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Summary