CVE-2023-5247 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-5247

Malicious Code Execution Vulnerability due to External Control of File...

Vulnerability Description

Malicious Code Execution Vulnerability due to External Control of File Name or Path in multiple Mitsubishi Electric FA Engineering Software Products allows a malicious attacker to execute a malicious code by having legitimate users open a specially crafted project file, which could result in information disclosure, tampering and deletion, or a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

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Affected Software

GX Works3, MELSOFT iQ AppPortal, MELSOFT Navigator, Motion Control Setting
Vulnerable Versions:
all versions

Timeline

Official Publish: November 30th, 2023
Last Modified: December 2nd, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-73

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Privilege Escalation
T1565 Data Manipulation
Impact