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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2017-14020 json

In AutomationDirect CLICK Programming Software (Part Number C0-PGMSW) Versions 2.10 and prior; C-More Programming Software (Part Number EA9…

published 2017-11-13 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-5535

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In AutomationDirect CLICK Programming Software (Part Number C0-PGMSW) Versions 2.10 and prior; C-More Programming Software (Part Number EA9-PGMSW) Versions 6.30 and prior; C-More Micro (Part Number EA-PGMSW) Versions 4.20.01.0 and prior; Do-more Designer Software (Part Number DM-PGMSW) Versions 2.0.3 and prior; GS Drives Configuration Software (Part Number GSOFT) Versions 4.0.6 and prior; SL-SOFT SOLO Temperature Controller Configuration Software (Part Number SL-SOFT) Versions 1.1.0.5 and prior; and DirectSOFT Programming Software Versions 6.1 and prior, an uncontrolled search path element (DLL Hijacking) vulnerability has been identified. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker could rename a malicious DLL to meet the criteria of the application, and the application would not verify that the DLL is correct. Once loaded by the application, the DLL could run malicious code at the privilege level of the application.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-17-313-01 updated cvss 6.7

AutomationDirect CLICK, C-More, C-More Micro, Do-more Designer, GS Drives, SL-Soft SOLO, DirectSOFT (Update B)

  • Automation Direct C-More Micro (Part Number EA-PGMSW) <= 4.20.01.0 Automation Direct C-More Programming Software (Part Number EA9-PGMSW <= 6.30 Automation Direct CLICK Programming Software (Part Number C0-PGMSW) <= 2.10 Automation Direct DirectSOFT Programming Software <= 6.1 Automation Direct Do-more Designer Software (Part Number DM-PGMSW) <= 2.0.3 Automation Direct GS Drives Configuration Software (Part Number GSOFT) <= 4.0.6
    +1 more products
    Automation Direct SL-SOFT SOLO Temperature Controller Configuration Software (Part Number SL-SOFT) <= 1.1.0.5
    affected: mitigation “CLICK Programming Software: Version 2.11 available at:” support.automationdirect.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • AutomationDirect CLICK Programming Software (Part Number C0-PGMSW)
  • AutomationDirect C-More Programming Software (Part Number EA9-PGMSW)
  • AutomationDirect C-More Micro (Part Number EA-PGMSW)
  • AutomationDirect Do-more Designer Software (Part Number DM-PGMSW)
  • AutomationDirect GS Drives Configuration Software (Part Number GSOFT)
  • AutomationDirect SL-SOFT SOLO Temperature Controller Configuration Software (Part Number SL-SOFT)
  • AutomationDirect DirectSOFT Programming Software

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.