AutomationDirect Productivity Suite up to 4.6.2.2 IOCTL out-of-bounds write

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
8.4$0-$5k2.79+

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in AutomationDirect Productivity Suite up to 4.6.2.2. This affects an unknown function of the component IOCTL Handler. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-60063. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in AutomationDirect Productivity Suite up to 4.6.2.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component IOCTL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Productivity Suite allows a local attacker to trigger kernel memory corruption via a crafted IOCTL request, potentially resulting in privilege escalation or system instability.

The advisory is shared for download at automationdirect.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-60063 since 07/09/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/16/2026).

Upgrading to version 4.7.0.47 eliminates this vulnerability.

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔒
VulDB Temp Score: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Productivity Suite 4.7.0.47

Timelineinfo

07/09/2026 CVE reserved
07/16/2026 +7 days Advisory disclosed
07/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: automationdirect.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-60063 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-60063
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-379640

Entryinfo

Created: 07/16/2026 22:25
Changes: 07/16/2026 22:25 (54)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to stay up to date on a daily basis?

Enable the mail alert feature now!