Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64/MC Works64 DLL uncontrolled search path

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A vulnerability has been found in Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 and MC Works64 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component DLL Handler. This manipulation causes uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-8299. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 and MC Works64 (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component DLL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric ICONICS Suite versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Hyper Historian versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS32 all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MC Works64 all versions, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS64 versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions ICONICS Suite versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions Hyper Historian versions 10.97.3 and prior, and Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS32 all versions allows a local authenticated attacker to execute a malicious code by storing a specially crafted DLL in a specific folder. This could lead to disclose, tamper with, destroy, or delete information in the affected products, or to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the products.

The weakness was disclosed by Asher Davila. It is possible to read the advisory at mitsubishielectric.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-8299 since 08/29/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/08/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Mitsubishi Electric

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• GENESIS64
• MC Works64

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• commercial

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