CVE-2022-2788 LOW

CVE-2022-2788

Vendor Emerson Electric
Product Proficy Machine Edition
Weakness CWE-29
Published August 19, 2022
Last update April 16, 2025

CVSS base score

3.9/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Emerson Electric's Proficy Machine Edition Version 9.80 and prior is vulnerable to CWE-29 Path Traversal: '\..\Filename', also known as a ZipSlip attack, through an upload procedure which enables attackers to implant a malicious .BLZ file on the PLC. The file can transfer through the engineering station onto Windows in a way that executes the malicious code.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 19, 2022 CVE published
April 16, 2025 Record updated