Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® View Site Edition Code Execution Vulnerability via File Permissions

published 2024-08-14 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-48421

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits: 0; none known

CVE-2024-7513 IMPACT

A code execution vulnerability exists in the affected product. The vulnerability occurs due to improper default file permissions allowing any user to edit or replace files, which are executed by account with elevated permissions.

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-24-226-06 updated 2024-08-29 cvss 8.8

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition (Update A)

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View SE 13.0
affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Remove the INTERACTIVE group from the folder's security properties.” rockwellautomation.custhelp.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 (2024-08-14)

Exploit prediction

1.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	8.5	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	4.0	8.5	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition
rockwellautomation factorytalk_view

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

rockwellautomation.com /en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.SD%201688.html
mitigation, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-7513
NVD CVE-2024-7513

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Summary