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Apc Easy Ups Online Monitoring SoftwareApplication · Schneider Electric

CVE-2022-42973

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-02-01
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 2.5-ga / 2.5-gs or later.
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability exists that could cause local privilege escalation when local attacker connects to the database. Affected Products: APC Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software (Windows 7, 10, 11 & Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022 - Versions prior to V2.5-GA), APC Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software (Windows 11, Windows Server 2019, 2022 - Versions prior to V2.5-GA-01-22261), Schneider Electric Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software (Windows 7, 10, 11 & Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022 - Versions prior to V2.5-GS), Schneider Electric Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software (Windows 11, Windows Server 2019, 2022 - Versions prior to V2.5-GS-01-22261)

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-798

A password or key is baked into the source or binary, so anyone who obtains the code obtains the credential. These are trivially found once the software is distributed. Remediation means removing the secret, rotating it, and loading credentials from secured configuration at runtime.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Apc Easy Ups Online Monitoring SoftwareApplication
Affected:< 2.5-ga-01-22320< 2.5-ga
Easy Ups Online Monitoring SoftwareApplication
Affected:< 2.5-gs-01-22320< 2.5-gs

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 2.5-ga / 2.5-gs / 2.5-ga-01-22320 or later
Fixed in 2.5-ga2.5-gs2.5-ga-01-22320
Vendor patch download.schneider-electric.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

V2.5-GA-01-22320 (for APC Easy UPS Online) or V2.5-GS-01-22320 (for Schneider Electric Easy UPS Online)

  1. 1. Identify the current installed version of APC Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software or Schneider Electric Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software
  2. 2. Navigate to the Schneider Electric download page at https://download.schneider-electric.com/ or contact Schneider Electric support
  3. 3. Download the patched version: V2.5-GA-01-22320 for APC Easy UPS Online, or V2.5-GS-01-22320 for Schneider Electric Easy UPS Online
  4. 4. Before installation, backup any existing configuration data or databases used by the application
  5. 5. Uninstall the current vulnerable version following standard Windows uninstall procedures
  6. 6. Install the patched version (V2.5-GA-01-22320 or V2.5-GS-01-22320) on the target Windows system (Windows 7, 10, 11, or Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022)
  7. 7. Verify the installation completed successfully and confirm the new version number
  8. 8. After upgrade, ensure the database connection credentials have been changed from the hardcoded values to secure, unique credentials
Caveat Review release notes for any configuration changes required during upgrade; backup data before proceeding

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