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CVE-2021-43555 (GCVE-0-2021-43555)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-19 18:16 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:41
VLAI
Title
mySCADA myDESIGNER
Summary
mySCADA myDESIGNER Versions 8.20.0 and prior fails to properly validate contents of an imported project file, which may make the product vulnerable to a path traversal payload. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to plant files on the file system in arbitrary locations or overwrite existing files, resulting in remote code execution.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-23 - Relative Path Traversal
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
mySCADA myDESIGNER Affected: All , ≤ 8.20.0 (custom)
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Date Public
2021-11-09 00:00
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