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GHSA-3HX8-RCV2-389F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-10 21:31 – Updated: 2024-01-10 21:31

Details

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

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2023-29445 (GCVE-0-2023-29445)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-10 20:17 – Updated: 2025-06-17 20:59

Summary

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

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Assigner

Dragos

References

URL

Tags

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	https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/cs399528	vendor-advisory
	https://www.dragos.com/advisory/ptcs-kepserverex-…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

PTC

Kepware KEPServerEX

Affected: 0 , ≤ 6.14.263.0 (0)

	PTC	ThingWorx Kepware Server	Affected: 0 , ≤ 6.14.263.0 (0)
	PTC	ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity	Affected: 8.0 , ≤ 8.5 (0)

Credits

Sam Hanson of Dragos

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-3HX8-RCV2-389F

CVE-2023-29445 (GCVE-0-2023-29445)

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