# CVE-2024-5681: Privilege escalation in EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS Core Control Services

> A local attacker can exploit an improper input validation flaw in the Foxboro.sys driver to escalate privileges and execute kernel code.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-585q-fcw6-x4pq

## What is CVE-2024-5681?

CVE-2024-5681 is a high-severity vulnerability in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS Core Control Services, published on 11 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists that could cause local denial-of-service,
privilege escalation, and potentially kernel execution when a malicious actor with local user
access crafts a script/program using an IOCTL call in the Foxboro.sys driver.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5681?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Schneider-Electric Ecostruxure Foxboro Dcs Control Core Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5681?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5681 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5681 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5681 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS Core Control Services

- [CVE-2023-2569](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2569/): Memory corruption in EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS Control Core Services (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-5679](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5679/): Memory corruption in EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS Core Control Services (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-5680](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5680/): Denial of service in EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS Core Control Services (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-2570](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2570/): Denial of service in EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS Control Core Services (high 7.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5681 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5681 is a high-severity vulnerability in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS Core Control Services, published on 11 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5681 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS Core Control Services. 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-2024-5681/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5681/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5681
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5681
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5681

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5681/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.