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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2024-6071 json

PTC Creo Elements/Direct License Server Missing Authorization

published 2024-06-27 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-47229

cvss
10.0
version 3.1, CNA
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

PTC Creo Elements/Direct License Server exposes a web interface which can be used by unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands on the server.

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-24-177-02 updated cvss 10.0

PTC Creo Elements/Direct License Server (Update A)

  • PTC Creo Elements/Direct Drafting >=15.00, <=20.7
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “PTC recommends that users upgrade to Creo Elements/Direct License Server 20.7.0.1 or higher version:” support.ptc.com
  • PTC Creo Elements/Direct License Server (MEls) <=20.7.0.0
    affected: mitigation “PTC recommends that users upgrade to Creo Elements/Direct License Server 20.7.0.1 or higher version:” support.ptc.com
  • PTC Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager / Drawing Manager >=15.00, <=20.7
    affected: mitigation “PTC recommends that users upgrade to Creo Elements/Direct License Server 20.7.0.1 or higher version:” support.ptc.com
  • PTC Creo Elements/Direct Modeling >=15.00, <=20.7
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “PTC recommends that users upgrade to Creo Elements/Direct License Server 20.7.0.1 or higher version:” support.ptc.com
  • PTC Creo Elements/Direct WorkManager / DDM >=15.00, <=20.4
    affected: mitigation “PTC recommends that users upgrade to Creo Elements/Direct License Server 20.7.0.1 or higher version:” support.ptc.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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.12% 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
CNA 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 4.0 10.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CNA 4.0 10.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • PTC Creo Elements/Direct License
  • creo creo_elements\/direct_license

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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