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CVE-2024-8533


A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation affected products. The vulnerability occurs due to improper default file permissions allowing users to exfiltrate credentials and escalate privileges.


Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 6 products from rockwellautomation, from rockwellautomation, from rockwellautomation and 3 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2024, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.


Published

2024-09-12T20:15:05.820

Last Modified

2024-09-19T01:57:23.830

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-269
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-276

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System rockwellautomation 2800c_optixpanel_compact_firmware < 4.0.2.116 Yes
Hardware rockwellautomation 2800c_optixpanel_compact - No
Operating System rockwellautomation 2800s_optixpanel_standard_firmware < 4.0.2.123 Yes
Hardware rockwellautomation 2800s_optixpanel_standard - No
Operating System rockwellautomation embedded_edge_compute_module_firmware < 4.0.2.106 Yes
Hardware rockwellautomation embedded_edge_compute_module - No

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For rockwellautomation's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.