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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-13521

A maliciously crafted program file opened by an unsuspecting user of Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software version 16.00.00 and earlier may result in the limited exposure of information related to the targeted workstation.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 5.57%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A maliciously crafted program file opened by an unsuspecting user of Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software version 16.00.00 and earlier may result in the limited exposure of information related to the targeted workstation. Rockwell Automation has released version 16.00.01 of Arena Simulation Software to address the reported vulnerabilities.

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
5.57% probability · 93th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-357
Affected
rockwellautomation/arena
Source
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS trend
0%5%10%27 October 2026: 5.57%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 5.6% 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.

References

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