7.8
HIGH
CVE-2021-22797
EcoStruxure Path Traversal Vulnerability
Description

A CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal) vulnerability exists that could cause malicious script to be deployed in an unauthorized location and may result in code execution on the engineering workstation when a malicious project file is loaded in the engineering software. Affected Product: EcoStruxure Control Expert (V15.0 SP1 and prior, including former Unity Pro), EcoStruxure Process Expert (2020 and prior, including former HDCS), SCADAPack RemoteConnect for x70 (All versions)

INFO

Published Date :

April 13, 2022, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 23, 2022, 2:12 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-22797 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Schneider-electric ecostruxure_control_expert
2 Schneider-electric ecostruxure_process_expert
3 Schneider-electric remoteconnect
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/SEVD-2021-257-01/ Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-22797 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 23, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/SEVD-2021-257-01/ No Types Assigned https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/SEVD-2021-257-01/ Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:ecostruxure_control_expert:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 15.1 *cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:ecostruxure_process_expert:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2021
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:remoteconnect:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:scadapack_470:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:scadapack_474:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:scadapack_570:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:scadapack_574:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:schneider-electric:scadapack_575:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.33 }} 0.13%

score

0.71735

percentile

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