CVE-2013-5021

critical

Description

Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in National Instruments cwui.ocx, as used in National Instruments LabWindows/CVI 2012 SP1 and earlier, National Instruments LabVIEW 2012 SP1 and earlier, the Data Analysis component in ABB DataManager 1 through 6.3.6, and other products allow remote attackers to create and execute arbitrary files via a full pathname in an argument to the ExportStyle method in the (1) CWNumEdit, (2) CWGraph, (3) CWBoolean, (4) CWSlide, or (5) CWKnob ActiveX control, in conjunction with file content in the (a) Caption or (b) FormatString property value.

References

http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-13-120/

http://www05.abb.com/global/scot/scot203.nsf/veritydisplay/5975a8a86c82eec2c125798e00551522/%24file/SECURITY_BULLETIN_-_ABBVU-PACT-3BSE072617_DataManager_Vulnerability.pdf

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/507DEC9DA57A708186257B3600512623?OpenDocument

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/04B876608790082C86257BD1000CC950?OpenDocument

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-08-06

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00874