What is CVE-2024-5623?

CVE-2024-5623 is a high-severity vulnerability in Br-Automation Industrial Automation Aprol, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-5623?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Br-Automation Industrial Automation Aprol

CVE-2024-5623

An untrusted search path vulnerability in B&R APROL <= R 4.4-00P3 may be used by an authenticated local attacker to get other users to execute arbitrary code under their privileges.

EPSS: 0.002 (6.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Br-automation Industrial_automation_aprol
B&r Industrial Automation Aprol — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-250
CWE-267 — Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

cybersecurity@ch.abb.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5623?: CVE-2024-5623 is a high-severity vulnerability in Br-Automation Industrial Automation Aprol, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-5623?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.