Rockwell Automation RSLogix 5 Project File data authenticity

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Rockwell Automation RSLogix 500, RSLogix Micro Developer and Starter and RSLogix 5. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Project File Handler. Such manipulation leads to data authenticity. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-7847. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Rockwell Automation RSLogix 500, RSLogix Micro Developer and Starter and RSLogix 5 (the affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Project File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data authenticity vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-345. The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

VULNERABILITY DETAILS Rockwell Automation used the latest versions of the CVSS scoring system to assess the following vulnerabilities. The following vulnerabilities were reported to us by Sharon Brizinov of Claroty Research - Team82. A feature in the affected products enables users to prepare a project file with an embedded VBA script and can be configured to run once the project file has been opened without user intervention. This feature can be abused to trick a legitimate user into executing malicious code upon opening an infected RSP/RSS project file. If exploited, a threat actor may be able to perform a remote code execution. Connected devices may also be impacted by exploitation of this vulnerability.

The advisory is available at rockwellautomation.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-7847 since 08/15/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Automation Software

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• Rockwell Automation

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• RSLogix 5
• RSLogix 500
• RSLogix Micro Developer and Starter

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• commercial

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