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CVE-2021-29298

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-07-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Improper Input Validation in Emerson GE Automation Proficy Machine Edition v8.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and application crash via crafted traffic from a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack to the component "FrameworX.exe"in the module "fxVPStatcTcp.dll".

Affected products

• Emerson Proficy Machine Edition: 8.0

References

• https://github.com/boofish/GE_Proficy_Machine_Edition_vul
• https://github.com/boofish/GE_Proficy_Machine_Edition_vul/blob/main/vul2/vul2_steps.pdf
• https://github.com/boofish/GE_Proficy_Machine_Edition_vul
• https://github.com/boofish/GE_Proficy_Machine_Edition_vul/blob/main/vul2/vul2_steps.pdf

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