CVE-2018-7502

HIGH

Beckhoff TwinCAT - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Kernel drivers in Beckhoff TwinCAT 3.1 Build 4022.4, TwinCAT 2.11 R3 2259, and TwinCAT 3.1 lack proper validation of user-supplied pointer values. An attacker who is able to execute code on the target may be able to exploit this vulnerability to obtain SYSTEM privileges.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 38.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20 CWE-822
Status published
Products (3)
beckhoff/twincat 2.11
beckhoff/twincat 3.1
beckhoff/twincat_c\+\+ 3.1
Published Mar 23, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026