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CVE-2022-2788

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-08-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-29

Description

Emerson Electric's Proficy Machine Edition Version 9.80 and prior is vulnerable to CWE-29 Path Traversal: '\..\Filename', also known as a ZipSlip attack, through an upload procedure which enables attackers to implant a malicious .BLZ file on the PLC. The file can transfer through the engineering station onto Windows in a way that executes the malicious code.

Affected products

• Emerson Electric Proficy Machine Edition: through 9.80

References

• https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-228-06
• https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-228-06

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