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ICSA-24-135-01: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Remote Access ↗ source

May 14, 2024 CISA ICS Advisory
Source: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-135-01

Summary

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to enter a malicious executable and run it as a system user, resulting in remote code execution. CVE-2024-3640: An unquoted executable path exists in the affected products, possibly resulting in remote code execution if exploited. While running the FTRA installer package, the executable path is not properly quoted, which could allow a threat actor to enter a malicious executable and run it as a system user. A threat actor needs admin privileges to exploit this vulnerability.

Advisory Details CISA ICS CSAF feed

Advisory ID
ICSA-24-135-01
Status
Final · version 1
Initial release
2024-05-14
Last revised
2024-05-14
Vendor
Rockwell Automation
Critical infrastructure sectors
Chemical, Commercial Facilities, Critical Manufacturing, Energy, Government Facilities, Water and Wastewater Systems
Deployed
Worldwide
Vendor headquarters
United States

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No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time. This vulnerability is not exploitable remotely.

Credit: Rockwell Automation

Affected products (1)
  • FactoryTalk Remote Access — <=v13.5.0.174

From CISA's machine-readable CSAF 2.0 advisory (JSON).

Vulnerabilities as Stated by the Advisory

CVEWeaknessCVSS v3Details
CVE-2024-3640 CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element 6.5 Medium An unquoted executable path exists in the affected products, possibly resulting in remote code execution if exploited. While running the FTRA installer package, the executable path is not properly quoted, which could allow a threat actor to enter a malicious executable and run it as a system user. A threat actor needs admin privileges to exploit this vulnerability.

Vendor fix: Rockwell Automation recommends user to upgrade to v13.6. ↗

Mitigation: For additional information, refer to Rockwell Automation's security bulletin. ↗

Affected, fixed & timeline

Affected:

  • FactoryTalk Remote Access <=v13.5.0.174

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.

News Coverage

No coverage found in monitored research blogs or news feeds.

CVEs Referenced in This Publication

CVECVSSAffected
CVE-2024-3640 7.0 High Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Remote Access™ An unquoted executable path exists in the Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Remote Access™ possibly resulting in remote code execution if exploited. W…

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Vendors Named in This Publication

Rockwell 1 KEV

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