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High · 7.8 CVE-2023-29445 EUVD-2023-33014GHSA-3hx8-rcv2-389f

Uncontrolled Search Path Element in PTC's Kepware KEPServerEX

Published Jan 10, 2024 · Updated Jun 17, 2025 · Assigned by Dragos

Description

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
PTC Kepware KEPServerEX ≤ 6.14.263.0 —
PTC ThingWorx Kepware Server ≤ 6.14.263.0 —
PTC ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity 8.0 – ≤ 8.5 —

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