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CVE-2019-13521

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

A maliciously crafted program file opened by an unsuspecting user of Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software version 16.00.00 and earlier may result in the limited exposure of information related to the targeted workstation. Rockwell Automation has released version 16.00.01 of Arena Simulation Software to address the reported vulnerabilities.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Rockwellautomation — Arena

CWEs

References

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