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ABB Protection and Control IED Manager PCM600
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Summary
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to escalate privileges or overwrite files.
The following versions of ABB Protection and Control IED Manager PCM600 are affected:
Protection and Control IED Manager PCM600 <=2.14 (CVE-2026-15952, CVE-2026-15953)
CVSS
Vendor
Equipment
Vulnerabilities
v3 6.4
ABB
ABB Protection and Control IED Manager PCM600
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource, Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Background
Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Energy
Countries/Areas Deployed: Worldwide
Company Headquarters Location: Switzerland
Vulnerabilities
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CVE-2026-15952
A vulnerability exists in the Scheduler Service installed with PCM600. The service executes under the LocalSystem account while permissions are granted to standard PCM600 users through membership in the local users group. An attacker with local access and valid user credentials may exploit this vulnerability to elevate privileges and obtain control of the affected host.
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Affected Products
ABB Protection and Control IED Manager PCM600
Vendor:
ABB
Product Version:
ABB Protection and Control IED Manager PCM600: <=2.14
Product Status:
known_affected
Remediations
Mitigation
ABB recommends the following workaround. Although this workaround does not correct the underlying vulnerability, it reduces the risk of privilege escalation.
Mitigation
Configure the appropriate ABBPCMSchedulerService instance to run using the same Windows