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CVE-2023-29444

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CVE-2023-29444

Published: Jan 10, 2024

Modified: May 14, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.3

MEDIUM

Description

An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability (DLL hijacking) has been discovered that could allow a locally authenticated adversary to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. Alternatively, they could host a trojanized version of the software and trick victims into downloading and installing their malicious version to gain initial access and code execution.

VendorProductVersions

PTC

Kepware KEPServerEX

affected
0 - <= 6.14.263.0

PTC

ThingWorx Kepware Server

affected
0 - <= 6.14.263.0

PTC

ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity

affected
8.0 - <= 8.5

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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