CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2017-5178 — Schneider-Electric Tableau Desktop security vulnerability

Critical CVSS 9.8

An issue was discovered in Schneider Electric Tableau Server/Desktop Versions 7.0 to 10.1.3 in Wonderware Intelligence Versions 2014R3 and prior. These versions contain a system account that is installed by default. The default system account is difficult to configure with non-default credentials after installation, and changing the default credentials in the embedded Tableau Server is not documented. If Tableau Server is used with Windows integrated security (Active Directory), the software is not vulnerable. However, when Tableau Server is used with local authentication mode, the software is vulnerable. The default system account could be used to gain unauthorized access.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.0)
Published
2017-03-08
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
windows/system
Weaknesses
CWE-1188

Affected products

  • schneider-electric / tableau_desktop / 7.0
  • schneider-electric / tableau_desktop / 10.1.3
  • schneider-electric / tableau_server / 7.0
  • schneider-electric / tableau_server / 10.1.3
  • schneider-electric / wonderware_intelligence

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General vulnerability remediation

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Check exposure

  • Confirm the affected component, deployment paths, reachable interfaces, and enabled features from inventories and configuration, without probing production destructively.
  • Compare the advisory's affected conditions with the repository lockfiles, build manifests, artifacts, and runtime inventory.
  • Identify data sensitivity, trust boundaries, and privilege level for every confirmed affected deployment.

Remediate safely

  • Apply a vendor-supported fix or remove the affected component or feature; record the selected change and its source in the repository.
  • Update direct and transitive dependency locks, generated artifacts, deployment manifests, and asset inventories together.
  • Add a regression test for the documented unsafe condition using inert inputs and preserve rollback instructions.

Authoritative sources

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