CVE-2018-7502 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Beckhoff TwinCAT 3.1 and 2.11 R3, stemming from improper validation of user-supplied pointer values in kernel drivers. An attacker with local code execution capabilities could exploit this to gain SYSTEM privileges. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires local access and low attack complexity but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:beckhoff:twincat:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:beckhoff:twincat:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:beckhoff:twincat_c\+\+:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.