AutomationDirect C-more EA9 HMI Uncontrolled Search Path Element
AutomationDirect DirectLOGIC has a DLL vulnerability in the install directory that may allow an attacker to execute code during the installation process. This issue affects: AutomationDirect C-more EA9 EA9-T6CL versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T6CL-R versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T7CL versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T7CL-R versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T8CL versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T10CL versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T10WCL versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T12CL versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T15CL versions prior to 6.73; EA9-RHMI versions prior to 6.73; EA9-PGMSW versions prior to 6.73;
- Published
- Aug 31, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 27th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-427
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Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 7.8
- CNA · icscert
- 7.8
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| automationdirect | c-more ea9-t6cl firmware | cpe:2.3:o:automationdirect:c-more_ea9-t6cl_firmware |
| automationdirect | c-more ea9-t6cl | cpe:2.3:h:automationdirect:c-more_ea9-t6cl |
| automationdirect | c-more ea9-t6cl-r firmware | cpe:2.3:o:automationdirect:c-more_ea9-t6cl-r_firmware |
| automationdirect | c-more ea9-t6cl-r | cpe:2.3:h:automationdirect:c-more_ea9-t6cl-r |
| automationdirect | c-more ea9-t7cl firmware | cpe:2.3:o:automationdirect:c-more_ea9-t7cl_firmware |
| automationdirect | c-more ea9-t7cl | cpe:2.3:h:automationdirect:c-more_ea9-t7cl |
| automationdirect | c-more ea9-t7cl-r firmware | cpe:2.3:o:automationdirect:c-more_ea9-t7cl-r_firmware |
| automationdirect | c-more ea9-t7cl-r | cpe:2.3:h:automationdirect:c-more_ea9-t7cl-r |
| automationdirect | c-more ea9-t8cl firmware | cpe:2.3:o:automationdirect:c-more_ea9-t8cl_firmware |
| automationdirect | c-more ea9-t8cl | cpe:2.3:h:automationdirect:c-more_ea9-t8cl |
| automationdirect | c-more ea9-t10cl firmware | cpe:2.3:o:automationdirect:c-more_ea9-t10cl_firmware |
| automationdirect | c-more ea9-t10cl | cpe:2.3:h:automationdirect:c-more_ea9-t10cl |
and 12 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- automationdirect c-more ea9-pgmsw firmwarebefore 6.73
- automationdirect c-more ea9-rhmi firmwarebefore 6.73
- automationdirect c-more ea9-t10cl firmwarebefore 6.73
- automationdirect c-more ea9-t10wcl firmwarebefore 6.73
- automationdirect c-more ea9-t12cl firmwarebefore 6.73
- automationdirect c-more ea9-t15cl firmwarebefore 6.73
- automationdirect c-more ea9-t15cl-r firmwarebefore 6.73
- automationdirect c-more ea9-t6cl firmwarebefore 6.73
- automationdirect c-more ea9-t6cl-r firmwarebefore 6.73
- automationdirect c-more ea9-t7cl firmwarebefore 6.73
- automationdirect c-more ea9-t7cl-r firmwarebefore 6.73
- automationdirect c-more ea9-t8cl firmwarebefore 6.73
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (icscert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
AutomationDirect C-more EA9
- EA9-T6CL and later · before 6.73affected
- EA9-T6CL-R and later · before 6.73affected
- EA9-T7CL and later · before 6.73affected
- EA9-T7CL-R and later · before 6.73affected
- EA9-T8CL and later · before 6.73affected
- EA9-T10CL and later · before 6.73affected
- EA9-T10WCL and later · before 6.73affected
- EA9-T12CL and later · before 6.73affected
- EA9-T15CL and later · before 6.73affected
- EA9-RHMI and later · before 6.73affected
Same product
automationdirect: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-2005AutomationDirect C-more EA9 HMI Cleartext Transmission30Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Sam HansonDragos
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path ElementCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
- Hijack Execution Flow:DLL search order hijackingT1574.001
- Hijack Execution Flow: Dylib HijackingT1574.004
- Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by PATH Environment VariableT1574.007
- Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by Search Order HijackingT1574.008
- Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by Unquoted PathT1574.009
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.