CVE-2022-41668 — A CWE-704: Incorrect Project Conversion vulnerability exists that allows adversa

A CWE-704: Incorrect Project Conversion vulnerability exists that allows adversaries with local user privileges to load a project file from an adversary-controlled network share which could result in execution of malicious code. Affected Products: EcoStruxure Operator Terminal Ex

01What is this vulnerability?

A CWE-704: Incorrect Project Conversion vulnerability exists that allows adversaries with local user privileges to load a project file from an adversary-controlled network share which could result in execution of malicious code. Affected Products: EcoStruxure Operator Terminal Expert(V3.3 Hotfix 1 or prior), Pro-face BLUE(V3.3 Hotfix1 or prior).

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Schneider Electric	EcoStruxure Operator Terminal Expert	V3.3
Schneider Electric	Pro	face BLUE — V3.3

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

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

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

• Published: 2022-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-05-02T18:27:23.419Z

09References

• www.se.com — https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/SEVD-2022-284-01/