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CVE-2023-5247 — Malicious Code Execution Vulnerability due to External Control of File Name or P

Malicious Code Execution Vulnerability due to External Control of File Name or Path in multiple Mitsubishi Electric FA Engineering Software Products allows a malicious attacker to execute a malicious code by having legitimate users open a specially crafted project file, which cou

CVSS
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
0.09% (top 74.50%)
CWE
CWE-73
Published
2023-11-30T03:57:30.083Z
Last modified
2024-12-02T19:02:32.708Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

Malicious Code Execution Vulnerability due to External Control of File Name or Path in multiple Mitsubishi Electric FA Engineering Software Products allows a malicious attacker to execute a malicious code by having legitimate users open a specially crafted project file, which could result in information disclosure, tampering and deletion, or a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationGX Works3all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSOFT iQ AppPortalall versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSOFT Navigatorall versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMotion Control Settingall 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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