CVE-2021-27471

Rockwell Automation Connected Components Workbench Path Traversal

State
Published
Severity
7.7 High
Published
Mar 23, 2022
Updated
Apr 16, 2025
Reserved
Feb 19, 2021

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Description

The parsing mechanism that processes certain file types does not provide input sanitization for file paths. This may allow an attacker to craft malicious files that, when opened by Rockwell Automation Connected Components Workbench v12.00.00 and prior, can traverse the file system. If successfully exploited, an attacker could overwrite existing files and create additional files with the same permissions of the Connected Components Workbench software. User interaction is required for this exploit to be successful.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hicscert

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Connected Components WorkbenchRockwell Automation
  • v12.00.00 and earlierAffected

References

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