Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-35762

CriticalRCE

Published: 20 November 2023

Published
20 November 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0043 62.9th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-35762 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Inea Me Rtu Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.9 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 37.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

Versions of INEA ME RTU firmware 3.36b and prior contain an OS command injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-35762 and CWE-78. The flaw permits remote code execution and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.9 reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, low-privileged access, and changed scope with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An authenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input that results in arbitrary command execution on the affected RTU devices, enabling full system compromise without user interaction.

CISA advisory ICSA-23-304-02 addresses the issue and is referenced for mitigation guidance. The EPSS score rose materially from a low baseline to a peak of 0.1500 on 2025-01-22 before receding to the current value of 0.0043, indicating post-disclosure exploitation interest that warrants renewed attention.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Versions of INEA ME RTU firmware 3.36b and prior are vulnerable to operating system (OS) command injection, which could allow remote code execution.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

inea
me rtu firmware
≤ 3.37

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

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