CVE-2018-14797 is a DLL Hijacking vulnerability affecting Emerson DeltaV Distributed Control Systems (DCS) versions 11.3.1, 12.3.1, 13.3.0, 13.3.1, and R5. An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution by placing a specially crafted DLL in the search path, which the system then loads as a legitimate internal DLL. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a low attack complexity requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. However, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including an article from SecurityWeek.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav:11.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav:12.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav:13.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav:13.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emerson:deltav:r5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
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.