# CVE-2024-3640: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Remote Access™ has Unquoted Executables

> Attackers with admin privileges can execute arbitrary code as System via unquoted executable paths in the installer.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-49g6-wr7w-v4jj

## What is CVE-2024-3640?

CVE-2024-3640 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Remote Access™, published on 16 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An unquoted executable path exists in the Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Remote Access™ possibly resulting in remote code execution if exploited. While running the FTRA installer package, the executable path is not properly quoted, which could allow a threat actor to enter a malicious executable and run it as a System user. A threat actor needs admin privileges to exploit this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-428 (Unquoted Search Path or Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3640?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-3640?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3640 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3640 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3640 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- CVE-2024-3640绕过Waf进行漏洞利用 (github_poc): https://github.com/H1ng007/CVE-2024-3640_WafBypass

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3640 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3640 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Remote Access™, published on 16 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3640 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Remote Access™. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3640/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3640/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3640
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3640
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3640

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3640/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.