CVE-2024-10945

FactoryTalk® Updater Local Privilege Escalation

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: November 12, 2024 at 05:06 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:56 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFactoryTalk Updater

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability exists in the affected product. The vulnerability requires a local, low privileged threat actor to replace certain files during update and exists due to a failure to perform proper security checks before installation.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.20.004.00.00 ≤ v ≤ 4.20.004.00.00
Affected range stops below 4.20.00, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.3HIGHRockwell
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-754

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