CVE-2023-29445 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability (DLL hijacking) has been discovered that could allow a locally authenticated adversary to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00045.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Ptc	Kepware Kepserverex Thingworx Industrial Connectivity Thingworx Kepware Server

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ptc:kepware_kepserverex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ptc:thingworx_kepware_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ptc:thingworx_industrial_connectivity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-33014	An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability (DLL hijacking) has been discovered that could allow a locally authenticated adversary to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-243-03
https://www.dragos.com/advisory/ptcs-kepserverex-vulnerabilities/
https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/cs399528

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Dragos

Published: 2024-01-10T20:17:12.837Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T20:59:11.408Z

Reserved: 2023-04-06T17:45:40.441Z

Link: CVE-2023-29445

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:07:46.126Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-10T21:15:08.410

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:57:04.330

Link: CVE-2023-29445

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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