THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-9186
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2014-9186

Experion Process Knowledge System vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.6%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
A file inclusion vulnerability exists in the confd.exe module in Honeywell Experion PKS R40x before R400.6, R41x before R410.6, and R43x before R430.2, which could lead to accepting an arbitrary file into the function, and potential information disclosure or remote code execution. Honeywell strongly encourages and recommends all customers running unsupported versions of EKPS prior to R400 to upgrade to a supported version.
Affected vendor
Honeywell
Affected product
Experion Process Knowledge System
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-98 — PHP Remote File Inclusion
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2019-04-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-9186

  • Confirm whether Honeywell Experion Process Knowledge System is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-9186.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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