ABB PB610 HMIStudio accepts malicious DLL file in an application

published 2019-12-18 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-8650

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits: 0; none known

Path settings in HMIStudio component of ABB PB610 Panel Builder 600 versions 2.8.0.424 and earlier accept DLLs outside of the program directory, potentially allowing an attacker with access to the local file system the execution of code in the application’s context.

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Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.4	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

ABB PB610 Panel Builder 600

Classification

Weakness

CWE-424 Improper Protection of Alternate Path
CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

References

search.abb.com /library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=3ADR010466&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-18996
NVD CVE-2019-18996

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