Vulnerability · Published Oct 4, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-41578
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw 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 14.5% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)14.5%top 3.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
mySCADA myDESIGNER 8.20.0 and below allows Directory Traversal attacks when importing project files. If an attacker can trick a victim into importing a malicious mep file, then they gain the ability to write arbitrary files to OS locations where the user has permission. This would typically lead to code execution.