CVE-2024-6079 (GCVE-0-2024-6079)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-13 17:46 – Updated: 2024-08-21 16:44
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
DLL Hijacking Vulnerability Exists in Rockwell Automation Emulate3D™
Summary
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Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-14 13:40 UTC
CWE
- CWE-610 - Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwell Automation | Emulate3D™ |
Affected:
17.00.00.13276
|
guessed | |
| rockwellautomation | emulate3d |
Affected:
17.00.00.13276
cpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:emulate3d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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