CVE-2023-34391 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-34391

Insecure Inherited Permissions

Vulnerability Description

Insecure Inherited Permissions vulnerability in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5033 AcSELerator RTAC Software on Windows allows Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths. See Instruction Manual Appendix A [Cybersecurity] tag dated 20230522 for more details. This issue affects SEL-5033 AcSELerator RTAC Software: before 1.35.151.21000.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Reid Wightman of Dragos

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Affected Vendor

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

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Affected Software

SEL-5033 AcSELerator RTAC Software
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 31st, 2023
Last Modified: October 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-277

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.