Ensure that principles of least privilege are followed.
Restrict physical access to critical systems.
CISA also recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:
Do not click web links or open attachments in unsolicited email messages.
Refer to Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams for more information on avoiding email scams.
Refer to Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks for more information on social engineering attacks.
No known public exploitation specifically targeting these vulnerabilities has been reported to CISA at this time. These vulnerabilities are not exploitable remotely.
Credit: Natnael Samson (Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative)
From CISA's machine-readable CSAF 2.0 advisory (JSON).
| CVE | Weakness | CVSS v3 | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-5040 | CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') | 7.8 High |
There are multiple ways in LAquis SCADA for an attacker to access locations outside of their own directory. Vendor fix: LCDS recommends users update to version 4.7.1.371 or newer of LAquis SCADA which has been configured to resolve the reported path traversal issues. ↗ Affected, fixed & timelineAffected:
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Scores and weakness types are as CISA or the republishing vendor stated them in this advisory; the linked CVE pages carry the independently enriched CVSS and SSVC assessments.
No coverage found in monitored research blogs or news feeds.
| CVE | CVSS | Affected |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-5040 | 8.5 High | LCDS LAquis SCADA There are multiple ways in LCDS LAquis SCADA for an attacker to access locations outside of their own directory. |
Named by the advisory itself. Each CVE links to its tracked detail page.
No KEV-catalogued vendors are named in this publication.