CVE-2024-8306 is an Improper Privilege Management vulnerability (CWE-269) affecting Schneider Electric Vijeo Designer and Vijeo Designer Embedded in EcoStruxure Machine Expert. A low-privileged, authenticated user can exploit this to achieve privilege escalation by tampering with binaries, leading to unauthorized access and potential loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the workstation. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this local attack requires low attack complexity and user interaction, but can result in high impact across all three security pillars. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:vijeo_designer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:vijeo_designer:6.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:vijeo_designer_embedded_in_ecostruxure_machine_expert:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
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.