CVE-2024-8306 Privilege escalation in Vijeo Designer

High 7.8 Published 11 Sep 2024 Updated 11 Sep 2024

Authenticated non-admin users can escalate privileges by tampering with binaries, compromising workstation confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

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-2024-8306?

CVE-2024-8306 is a high-severity vulnerability in Schneider Electric Vijeo Designer, published on 11 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists that could cause unauthorized access, loss of confidentiality, integrity and availability of the workstation when non-admin authenticated user tries to perform privilege escalation by tampering with the binaries.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8306?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Schneider-Electric Vijeo Designer, Schneider-Electric Vijeo Designer Embedded in Ecostruxure Machine Expert.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8306?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8306 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-8306 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8306 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q9c5-cgr2-rx6v.