CVE-2019-10970 is a critical vulnerability affecting Rockwell Automation PanelView 5510 devices manufactured before March 13, 2019, and not updated to v4.003, v5.002, or later. This flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain root-level access to the device's file system during boot-up. Rated 9.8 CRITICAL on the CVSS scale, it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.003CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:panelview_5510_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.000, < 5.002CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:panelview_5510_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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.