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CVE-2021-41578

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

mySCADA myDESIGNER 8.20.0 and below allows Directory Traversal attacks when importing project files. If an attacker can trick a victim into importing a malicious mep file, then they gain the ability to write arbitrary files to OS locations where the user has permission. This would typically lead to code execution.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Myscada — Mydesigner

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