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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-14462

An exploitable access control vulnerability exists in the data, program, and function file permissions functionality of Allen Bradley Micrologix 1400 Series B FRN 21.2 and before.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 35.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 35.2%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

An exploitable access control vulnerability exists in the data, program, and function file permissions functionality of Allen Bradley Micrologix 1400 Series B FRN 21.2 and before. A specially crafted packet can cause a read or write operation resulting in disclosure of sensitive information, modification of settings, or modification of ladder logic. An attacker can send unauthenticated packets to trigger this vulnerability. Required Keyswitch State: REMOTE or PROG (also RUN for some) Description: Allows an attacker to enable SNMP, Modbus, DNP, and any other features in the channel configuration. Also allows attackers to change network parameters, such as IP address, name server, and domain name.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
35.24% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
rockwellautomation/micrologix 1400 b firmware
Source
talos-cna@cisco.com
EPSS trend
0%20%40%27 October 2026: 35.24%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 35.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.