CVE-2021-44463 (GCVE-0-2021-44463)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-01-28 19:09
Modified
2025-04-17 15:51
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-355-04 Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-355-04 Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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