CVE-2012-6068: 3S CoDeSys Improper Access Control

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-01-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The Runtime Toolkit in CODESYS Runtime System 2.3.x and 2.4.x does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute commands via the command-line interface in the TCP listener service or transfer files via requests to the TCP listener service.

Affected products

3S-Software Codesys Runtime System: 2.3.9.8, 2.3.9.35, 2.3.9.36, 2.3.9.37, 2.4.0

References

http://www.codesys.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/article/sicherheitsluecke-in-codesys-v23-laufzeitsystem.html
http://www.digitalbond.com/tools/basecamp/3s-codesys/
https://us.codesys.com/ecosystem/security/
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-13-011-01
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-084-01
http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-084-01
http://www.codesys.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/article/sicherheitsluecke-in-codesys-v23-laufzeitsystem.html
http://www.digitalbond.com/tools/basecamp/3s-codesys/
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-13-011-01.pdf

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