CVE-2021-38410

Summary

CVECVE-2021-38410
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-07-27 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-04 02:48:00 UTC
DescriptionAVEVA Software Platform Common Services (PCS) Portal versions 4.5.2, 4.5.1, 4.5.0, and 4.4.6 are vulnerable to DLL hijacking through an uncontrolled search path element, which may allow an attacker control to one or more locations in the search path.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Aveva Batch Management 2020 All All All
Application Aveva Enterprise Data Management 2020 All All All
Application Aveva Manufacturing Execution System 2020 All All All
Application Aveva Mobile Operator 2020 All All All
Application Aveva Platform Common Services 4.4.6 All All All
Application Aveva Platform Common Services 4.5.0 All All All
Application Aveva Platform Common Services 4.5.1 All All All
Application Aveva Platform Common Services 4.5.2 All All All
Application Aveva System Platform 2020 - All All
Application Aveva System Platform 2020 r2 All All
Application Aveva System Platform 2020 r2_p01 All All
Application Aveva Work Tasks 2020 - All All
Application Aveva Work Tasks 2020 update_1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.aveva.com/en/support-and-success/cyber-security-updates CONFIRM www.aveva.com
AVEVA PCS Portal | CISA CONFIRM www.cisa.gov
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Noam Moshe of Claroty discovered and disclosed the vulnerability to the AVEVA Software Security Response Center.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 590590 AVEVA PCS Portal Uncontrolled Search Path Element Vulnerability (ICSA-21-252-01)
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