CVE-2017-7972
A vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric's PowerSCADA Anywhere v1.0 redistributed with PowerSCADA Expert v8.1 and PowerSCADA Expert v8.2 and Citect Anywhere version 1.0 that allows the ability to escape out of remote PowerSCADA Anywhere applications…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric's PowerSCADA Anywhere v1.0 redistributed with PowerSCADA Expert v8.1 and PowerSCADA Expert v8.2 and Citect Anywhere version 1.0 that allows the ability to escape out of remote PowerSCADA Anywhere applications and launch other processes.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.46% probability · 39th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- schneider-electric/powerscada anywhere · schneider-electric/citect anywhere
- Source
- cybersecurity@se.com
EPSS 0.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-173-01/Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99913Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/safety-and-security-central/36-security-notifications/9071-security-notification-citect-anywhereIssue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-173-01/Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99913Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/safety-and-security-central/36-security-notifications/9071-security-notification-citect-anywhereIssue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.