Medium severity · published Jul 30, 2021
CVE-2021-29298
Improper Input Validation in Emerson GE Automation Proficy Machine Edition v8.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and application crash via crafted traffic from a…
5.3
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper Input Validation in Emerson GE Automation Proficy Machine Edition v8.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and application crash via crafted traffic from a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack to the component "FrameworX.exe"in the module "fxVPStatcTcp.dll".
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PM
Proficy Machine Edition · Emerson
8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29298
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29298
Broken Link
https://github.com/boofish/GE_Proficy_Machine_Edition_vul
Broken Link
https://github.com/boofish/GE_Proficy_Machine_Edition_vul/blob/main/vul2/vul2_steps.pdf
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