CVE-2020-14496 Mitsubishi Electric Multiple Factory Automation Engineering Software Products (Update A) - Permission Issues
Attackers can escalate privileges to execute malicious code, causing denial of service and data compromise in Mitsubishi Electric factory automation tools.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-14496?
CVE-2020-14496 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric CPU Module Logging Configuration Tool, published on 19 May 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability for multiple Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation Engineering Software Products of various versions could allow an attacker to escalate privilege and execute malicious programs, which could cause a denial-of-service condition, and allow information to be disclosed, tampered with, and/or destroyed.
Weakness: CWE-275
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14496?
It affects 29 products.
Products include Mitsubishielectric Cpu Module Logging Configuration Tool, Mitsubishielectric Cw Configurator, Mitsubishielectric Data Transfer, Mitsubishielectric Em Configurator, Mitsubishielectric Ezsocket, Mitsubishielectric Fr Configurator2 and 23 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-14496?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14496 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-14496 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14496 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mitsubishi Electric CPU Module Logging Configuration Tool
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j3qh-9fj7-j65q.