Vulnerability · Published Jan 28, 2022 · Assigned by icscert

CVE-2021-44463Emerson DeltaV Uncontrolled Search Path Element

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled search path in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Missing DLLs, if replaced by an insider, could allow an attacker to achieve local privilege escalation on the DeltaV Distributed Control System Controllers and Workstations (All versions) when some DeltaV services are started.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-355-04 x_refsource_MISC