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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.3 Medium

CVE-2023-29444

Uncontrolled Search Path Element in PTC's Kepware KEPServerEX

Description

An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability (DLL hijacking) has been discovered that could allow a locally authenticated adversary to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. Alternatively, they could host a trojanized version of the software and trick victims into downloading and installing their malicious version to gain initial access and code execution.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

PTC Kepware KEPServerEX

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to ≤ 6.14.263.0affected

PTC ThingWorx Kepware Server

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to ≤ 6.14.263.0affected

PTC ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity

Default version status: unaffected

  • 8.0 to ≤ 8.5affected

References