Summary
Schneider Electric is aware of a vulnerability disclosed on Revenera FlexNet Publisher component.
Many vendors, including Schneider Electric, embed Revenera FlexNet Publisher in their offers.
Failure to apply the remediation/mitigations provided below may risk a local privilege escalation, which could
lead to the execution of a malicious DLL with elevated privilege.
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.5
Local privilege escalation in FlexNet Publisher
A misconfiguration in lmadmin.exe of FlexNet Publisher versions prior to 2024 R1 (11.19.6.0) allows the OpenSSL configuration file to load from a non-existent directory. An unauthorized, locally authenticated user with low privileges can potentially create th…
Revision history
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#11
CISA Republication update based on Schneider Electric CPCERT SEVD-2025-014-07 advisory
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#10
A remediation is now available for EcoStruxure™ Machine Expert and EcoStruxure™ Machine Expert Twin
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#9
CVE, CWE, & CVSS Score information was added.
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#8
CISA Republication - Update C - Remediations are now available for Zelio Soft 2 and EcoStruxure OPC UA Server Expert offers.
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#7
A remediation is now available for Zelio Soft 2 and EcoStruxure™ OPC UA Server Expert offers
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#6
CISA Republication - Update B - Pro-face BLUE is added to the "Affected Products" section. Remediations are now available for EcoStruxure Control Expert, EcoStruxure Operator Terminal Expert and Pro-face BLUE offers. Updated the link to the fix of EcoStruxure Control Expert Asset Link offer.
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#5
Pro-face BLUE is added to the “Affected Product and Versions” section. Remediations are now available for EcoStruxure™Control Expert, EcoStruxure™ Operator Terminal Expert and Pro-face BLUE offers. Updated the link to the fix of EcoStruxure™ Control Expert Asset Link offer
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#4
CISA Republication - Update A - A remediation is available for EcoStruxure Process Expert. The EcoStruxure Process Expert for AVEVA System Platform offer is added to the Affected Products.
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#3
A remediation is available for the EcoStruxure™ Process Expert offer. The EcoStruxure™ Process Expert for AVEVA System Platform offer is added to the “Affected Product and Versions” section
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#2
CISA Republication - Initial Publication
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#1
Original Release
References
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FlexNet Publisher Vulnerability - SEVD-2025-014-07 PDF Version
https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2025-014-07&p_enDocType=Security+and+Safety+Notice&p_File_Name=SEVD-2025-014-07.pdf
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Recommended Cybersecurity Best Practices
https://www.se.com/ww/en/download/document/7EN52-0390
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Revenera Advisory
https://community.revenera.com/s/article/cve-2024-2658-flexnet-publisher-potential-local-privilege-escalation-issue
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ICS Advisory ICSA-25-037-02 - Web Version
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-037-02
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-alerts/ics-alert-10-301-01
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Cybersecurity_Best_Practices_for_Industrial_Control_Systems.pdf
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Recommended Practices
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/targeted-cyber-intrusion-detection-and-mitigation-strategies-update-b