CVE-2023-34982
AVEVA Operations Control Logger External Control of File Name or Path
This external control vulnerability, if exploited, could allow a local OS-authenticated user with standard privileges to delete files with System privilege on the machine where these products are installed, resulting in denial of service.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
AVEVA Operations Control Logger External Control of File Name or Path
This external control vulnerability, if exploited, could allow a local OS-authenticated user with standard privileges to delete files with System privilege on the machine where these products are installed, resulting in denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2023-34982- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-39020
This external control vulnerability, if exploited, could allow a local OS-authenticated user with standard privileges to delete files with System privilege on the machine where these products are installed, resulting in denial of service.
- Record
EUVD-2023-39020- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rv48-qr4w-frqj
This external control vulnerability, if exploited, could allow a local OS-authenticated user...
This external control vulnerability, if exploited, could allow a local OS-authenticated user with standard privileges to delete files with System privilege on the machine where these products are installed, resulting in denial of service.
- Record
GHSA-rv48-qr4w-frqj- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-73, CWE-610
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
This external control vulnerability, if exploited, could allow a local OS-authenticated user with standard privileges to delete files with System privilege on the machine where these products are installed, resulting in denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2023-34982- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-73, CWE-610
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- aveva application server
- aveva batch management
- aveva communication drivers pack
- aveva communication drivers
- aveva edge
- aveva edge (formerly known as indusoft web studio)
- aveva enterprise licensing (formerly known as license manager)
- aveva enterprise licensing
- aveva historian
- aveva intouch
- aveva manufacturing execution system (formerly known as wonderware mes)
- aveva manufacturing execution system
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- aveva mobile operator (formerly known as intelatrac mobile operator rounds)
- aveva mobile operator
- aveva plant scada (formerly known as citect)
- aveva plant scada
- aveva recipe management
- aveva system platform
- aveva systemplatform
- aveva telemetry server
- aveva work tasks
- aveva worktasks (formerly known as workflow management)
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-34982 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Aveva Application Server, published November 15, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.