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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2024-8533 json

Rockwell Automation OptixPanel™ Privilege Escalation Vulnerability via File Permissions

published 2024-09-12 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-49245

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation affected products. The vulnerability occurs due to improper default file permissions allowing users to exfiltrate credentials and escalate privileges.

Patch / fix

  • rockwellautomation 2800c_optixpanel_compact_firmware 4.0.2.116
  • rockwellautomation 2800s_optixpanel_standard_firmware 4.0.2.123
  • rockwellautomation embedded_edge_compute_module_firmware 4.0.2.106

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-24-256-19 updated cvss 7.5

Rockwell Automation OptixPanel

  • Rockwell Automation 2800C OptixPanel Compact 4.0.0.325 Rockwell Automation 2800S OptixPanel Standard 4.0.0.350 Rockwell Automation Embedded Edge Compute Module 4.0.0.347
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Rockwell Automation addressed this issue in the following software versions:” 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

Exploit prediction

1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 7.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 7.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/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 2800C OptixPanel™ Compact
  • Rockwell Automation 2800S OptixPanel™ Standard
  • Rockwell Automation Embedded Edge Compute Module
  • rockwellautomation 2800c_optixpanel_compact
  • rockwellautomation 2800s_optixpanel_standard
  • rockwellautomation embedded_edge_compute_module

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

Sources

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