CVE-2023-31175
An Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator could allow an attacker to run system commands with the highest level privilege on the system.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator could allow an attacker to run system commands with the highest level privilege on the system. See Instruction Manual Appendix A and Appendix E dated 20230615 for more details. This issue affects SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator: before 4.5.0.20.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 37th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-250, CWE-269
- Affected
- selinc/sel-5037 sel grid configurator
- Source
- security@selinc.com
References
- https://selinc.com/support/security-notifications/external-reports/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.nozominetworks.com/blog/Third Party Advisory
- https://selinc.com/support/security-notifications/external-reports/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.nozominetworks.com/blog/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.