CVE-2024-6079 DLL Hijacking Vulnerability Exists in Rockwell Automation Emulate3D™
Attackers can execute arbitrary code via DLL hijacking in Rockwell Emulate3D due to insecure library loading permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6079?
CVE-2024-6079 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Emulate3D™, published on 13 Aug 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
A vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation Emulate3D™, which could be leveraged to execute a DLL Hijacking attack. The application loads shared libraries, which are readable and writable by any user. If exploited, a malicious user could leverage a malicious dll and perform a remote code execution attack.
Weakness: CWE-610
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6079?
How do I fix CVE-2024-6079?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6079 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2024-6079 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6079 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4r67-5w29-w28m.