{"id":"CVE-2024-8533","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-8533","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:56:32.535Z","title":"A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation affected products.","description":"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.","published":"2024-09-12T20:15:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T08:22:48.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7.7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-269","CWE-276"],"affected":["rockwellautomation/2800c optixpanel compact firmware","rockwellautomation/2800s optixpanel standard firmware","rockwellautomation/embedded edge compute module firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.01284,"percentile":0.69917,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.SD1964.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8533","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}