CVE-2023-29445

HIGH

PTC Kepware Kepserverex < 6.14.263.0 - Uncontrolled Search Path

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource government-resource
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-243-03
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/cs399528

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-427
Status published
Products (3)
ptc/kepware_kepserverex 6.0.2107.0 - 6.14.263.0
ptc/thingworx_industrial_connectivity 8.0 - 8.5
ptc/thingworx_kepware_server 6.8 - 6.14.263.0
Published Jan 10, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026