CVE-2022-2788 is a Path Traversal vulnerability (CWE-29, also known as ZipSlip) affecting Emerson Electric's Proficy Machine Edition Version 9.80 and prior. This flaw allows an authenticated, local attacker to upload a malicious .BLZ file to a PLC, which can then be transferred to a Windows engineering station and executed. With a CVSS score of 7.3 HIGH, the vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction for exploitation. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.80CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emerson:electric\'s_proficy:*:*:*:*:machine:*:*:* | ||
<= 9.80CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:emerson:proficy_machine_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.