CVE-2023-29445 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability (DLL hijacking) has been discovered that could allow a locally authenticated adversary to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ptc	Kepware Kepserverex Thingworx Industrial Connectivity Thingworx Kepware Server

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ptc:kepware_kepserverex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ptc:thingworx_kepware_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ptc:thingworx_industrial_connectivity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-243-03
https://www.dragos.com/advisory/ptcs-kepserverex-vulnerabilities/
https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/cs399528

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Dragos

Published: 2024-01-10T20:17:12.837Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:07:46.126Z

Reserved: 2023-04-06T17:45:40.441Z

Link: CVE-2023-29445

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T21:15:08.410

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:57:04.330

Link: CVE-2023-29445

Redhat

No data.

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