CVE-2021-27473: Rockwell Automation Connected Components Workbench Improper Input Validation
Rockwell Automation · Connected Components Workbench
Vendor fix available · Affected: Rockwell Automation Connected Components Workbench · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 56% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
Rockwell Automation Connected Components Workbench v12.00.00 and prior does not sanitize paths specified within the .ccwarc archive file during extraction. This type of vulnerability is also commonly referred to as a Zip Slip. A local, authenticated attacker can create a malicious .ccwarc archive file that, when opened by Connected Components Workbench, will allow the attacker to gain the privileges of the software. If the software is running at SYSTEM level, the attacker will gain admin level privileges. User interaction is required for this exploit to be successful.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Rockwell Automation · Connected Components Workbenchup to and including v12.00.00
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Rockwell Automation
- Published
- March 2022
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