Pi Data Archive
CVE-2020-10600
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Null pointer safety, defensive checks
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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An authenticated remote attacker could crash PI Archive Subsystem when the subsystem is working under memory pressure. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Check pointers before dereferencing. Use static analysis tools to detect null pointer paths.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476), which allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. An authenticated remote attacker could crash PI Archive Subsystem when the subsystem is working under memory pressure. This can result in blocking queries to PI Data Archive (2018 SP2 and prior versions). Affected products include: Osisoft Pi Data Archive.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
An authenticated remote attacker could crash PI Archive Subsystem when the subsystem is working under memory pressure. This can result in blocking queries to PI Data Archive (2018 SP2 and prior versions).
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
A null pointer dereference occurs when a program attempts to access memory through a pointer that has been set to NULL (address 0x0).
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in OSIsoft PI Server 2017 PI Data Archive versions prior to 2017. Rated
An Improper Input Validation issue was discovered in OSIsoft PI Data Archive versions 2017 and prior. Rated medium sever
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