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critical 10.0

CVE-2021-27476 json

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk AssetCentre OS Command Injection

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-14230

cvss
10.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability exists in the SaveConfigFile function of the RACompare Service, which may allow for OS command injection. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk AssetCentre v10.00 and earlier.

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Vendor advisories

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cisa ICSA-21-091-01 updated cvss 10.0

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk AssetCentre

  • Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk AssetCentre <= 10.00
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Run all software as User, not as an Administrator, to minimize the impact of malicious code on the infected system.” idp.rockwellautomation.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

4.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk AssetCentre

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

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