THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-38742
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2022-38742

Thinmanager vulnerability

CVSS
8.1
EPSS
21.8%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Rockwell Automation ThinManager ThinServer versions 11.0.0 - 13.0.0 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker could send a specifically crafted TFTP or HTTPS request, causing a heap-based buffer overflow that crashes the ThinServer process. If successfully exploited, this could expose the server to arbitrary remote code execution.
Affected vendor
Rockwellautomation
Affected product
Thinmanager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2022-09-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high 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 21.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-38742

  • Confirm whether Rockwellautomation Thinmanager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-38742.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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