CVE-2014-9209 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published Updated

Local attackers can gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform due to an untrusted search path vulnerability.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2014-9209?

CVE-2014-9209 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Mar 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Clean Utility application in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform before 2.71.00 and FactoryTalk View Studio 8.00.00 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9209?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Rockwellautomation Factorytalk Services Platform, Rockwellautomation Factorytalk View Studio.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9209?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9209 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2014-9209 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9209 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c55r-pfvh-5v9w.

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