CVE-2020-24679 | Denial of Service attack on Symphony Plus

A S+ Operations and S+ Historian service is subject to a DoS by special crafted messages. An attacker might use this flaw to make it crash or even execute arbitrary code on the machine where the service is hosted.

Published: 2020-12-22 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-24679 is rated Moderate Risk (52/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.76%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-24679

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 3.68% 0.76% -2.92%
2 2025-03-29 0.76% 3.68% +2.92%
3 2025-03-19 — 0.76% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-24679

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-24679

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-24679

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
abb symphony_\+_historian 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:abb:symphony_\+_historian:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
abb symphony_\+_historian 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:abb:symphony_\+_historian:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
abb symphony_\+_operations 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:abb:symphony_\+_operations:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
abb symphony_\+_operations 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:abb:symphony_\+_operations:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
abb symphony_\+_operations 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:abb:symphony_\+_operations:2.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
abb symphony_\+_operations 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:abb:symphony_\+_operations:2.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
abb symphony_\+_operations 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:abb:symphony_\+_operations:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
abb symphony_\+_operations 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:abb:symphony_\+_operations:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
abb symphony_\+_operations 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:abb:symphony_\+_operations:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
abb symphony_\+_operations 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:abb:symphony_\+_operations:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-24679

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