Vulnerability report

Exploited in the wild High confidence Not in CISA KEV

CVE-2024-6298

remote code execution

ABB / ASPECT-Enterprise · affected before 3.08.01

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Severity
CVSS 9.4 · Critical
Confidence
High
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
19.0%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2024-6298 is an unauthenticated remote code execution affecting ABB ASPECT-Enterprise and 2 other products. Unauthorized file access in WEB Server in ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.01; NEXUS Series v3.08.01 ;...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is high. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

ABB / ASPECT-Enterprise affected before 3.08.01.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

remote code execution

Unauthorized file access in WEB Server in ABB ASPECT - Enterprise v3.08.01; NEXUS Series

v3.08.01

; MATRIX Series

v3.08.01 allows Attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely

abb Affected
aspect-ent-2_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
aspect-ent-96_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
nexus-2128-a_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
nexus-2128-f_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
nexus-2128_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
nexus-2128-g_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
nexus-264-a_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
nexus-264-f_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
nexus-264_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
nexus-264-g_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
nexus-3-2128_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
nexus-3-264_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
matrix-11_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
matrix-216_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
matrix-232_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
matrix-264_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
aspect-ent-12_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
aspect-ent-256_firmware
Before 3.08.01
abb Affected
matrix-296_firmware
Before 3.08.01
ABB Affected
ASPECT-Enterprise
Through 3.08.01
ABB Affected
NEXUS Series
Through 3.08.01
ABB Affected
MATRIX Series
Through 3.08.01
Published
05 Jul 2024
Exploitation Reported
05 Jul 2024
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

Third-party attestation and first-party sensor observation are shown separately so teams can judge the evidence chain.

Exploited in the wild

The Shadowserver

Recorded 05 Jul 2024

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
The Shadowserver First 2024-07-05 11:06 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

Request targets and User-Agents available in Pro. Callback host details available in Enterprise.

Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v4.0

9.4 Critical

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:Y/R:I/V:C/RE:H/U:Red

EPSS

19.0%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input CWE-1287

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v4.0 9.4 Critical

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/AU:Y/R:I/V:C/RE:H/U:Red

CVSS v3.1 10.0 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 11:06 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  2. 11:06 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  3. 06:38 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

Pro API

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Sample API response 
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2024-6298",
  "confidence": "High",
  "cvss_score": 9.4,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.1901,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}