CVE-2011-5163

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in an unspecified third-party component in the Batch module for Schneider Electric CitectSCADA before 7.20 and Mitsubishi MX4 SCADA before 7.20 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a login sequence.

Affected products

Mitsubishi-Automation Mx4 Scada: through 7.10
Schneider-Electric Citectscada: through 7.10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/46779
http://secunia.com/advisories/46786
http://www.citect.com/citectscada-batch
http://www.osvdb.org/76937
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026306
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-11-279-02.pdf
https://my.mitsubishi-automation.com/downloads_show.php?portal_id=1&doc_type=safety&scat=2&sstr=MX4%2CSCADA
http://secunia.com/advisories/46779
http://secunia.com/advisories/46786
http://www.citect.com/citectscada-batch
http://www.osvdb.org/76937
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026306

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