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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2024-5681 json

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists that could cause local denial-of-service, privilege escalation, and potentially kern…

published 2024-07-11 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-46854

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists that could cause local denial-of-service, privilege escalation, and potentially kernel execution when a malicious actor with local user access crafts a script/program using an IOCTL call in the Foxboro.sys driver.

Patch / fix

  • schneider_electric ecostruxure_foxboro_dcs_core_control_services 9.8

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-24-345-02 updated cvss 7.8

Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS Core Control Services

  • Schneider Electric EcoStruxureTM Foxboro DCS Core Control Services <=9.8, >=v9.5, <v9.8
    affected: mitigation
  • Schneider Electric EcoStruxureTM Foxboro DCS Core Control Services HF97872598
    fixed: vendor fix pasupport.se.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Foxboro DCS Core Control Services
  • schneider_electric ecostruxure_foxboro_dcs_core_control_services

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

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.