CVE-2013-5021

CVE-2013-5021 describes multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in National Instruments cwui.ocx, affecting products like National Instruments LabWindows/CVI, LabVIEW, and ABB DataManager. Attackers can exploit this by providing a full pathname to the ExportStyle method of various ActiveX controls, allowing them to create and execute arbitrary files with attacker-controlled content. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.