AVEVA Wonderware System Platform 2017 Update 2 and prior uses an ArchestrA network user account for authentication of system processes and inter-node communications. A user with low privileges could make use of an API to obtain the credentials for this account.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Schneider Electric Wonderware System Platform before 2014 R2 Patch 01 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.