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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-32498

SICK SOPAS ET before version 4.8.0 allows attackers to manipulate the pathname of the emulator and use path traversal to run an arbitrary executable located on the host system.

HIGH 8.6EPSS 0.94%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.94%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

SICK SOPAS ET before version 4.8.0 allows attackers to manipulate the pathname of the emulator and use path traversal to run an arbitrary executable located on the host system. When the user starts the emulator from SOPAS ET the corresponding executable will be started instead of the emulator

CVSS 3.1
8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.94% probability · 59th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
sick/sopas engineering tool
Source
psirt@sick.de

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.