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CVE-2017-6015 — Without quotation marks, any whitespace in the file path for Rockwell Automation

Without quotation marks, any whitespace in the file path for Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Activation version 4.00.02 remains ambiguous, which may allow an attacker to link to or run a malicious executable. This may allow an authorized, but not privileged local user to execute

CVSS
8.8 —
EPSS
0.05% (top 83.50%)
CWE
CWE-428
Published
2018-05-11T13:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T21:07:54.228Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

Without quotation marks, any whitespace in the file path for Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Activation version 4.00.02 remains ambiguous, which may allow an attacker to link to or run a malicious executable. This may allow an authorized, but not privileged local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the system. CVSS v3 base score: 8.8, CVSS vector string…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Rockwell AutomationFactoryTalk ActivationFactoryTalk Activation Service, Version 4.00.02 and prior versions.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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