High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 30, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-12711

Description

An Incorrect Privilege Assignment issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess versions prior to V8.2_20170817. A built-in user account has been granted a sensitive privilege that may allow a user to elevate to administrative privileges.

Affected products

N/a/Advantech Webaccessv5
Range: Advantech WebAccess
Advantech/Webaccess
cpe:2.3:a:advantech:webaccess:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=8.2

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/100526nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-241-02nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

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