CVE-2012-6069
3S CoDeSys Relative Path Traversal
The CoDeSys Runtime Toolkit’s file transfer functionality does not perform input validation, which allows an attacker to access files and directories outside the intended scope. This may allow an attacker to upload and download any file on the device. This could allow the attacker to affect the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of the device.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
3S CoDeSys Relative Path Traversal
The CoDeSys Runtime Toolkit’s file transfer functionality does not perform input validation, which allows an attacker to access files and directories outside the intended scope. This may allow an attacker to upload and download any file on the device. This could allow the attacker to affect the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of the device.
- Record
CVE-2012-6069- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-23
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5943
The CoDeSys Runtime Toolkit’s file transfer functionality does not perform input validation, which allows an attacker to access files and directories outside the intended scope. This may allow an attacker to upload and download any file on the device. This could allow the attacker to affect the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of the device.
- Record
EUVD-2012-5943- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6q9j-3828-rfxj
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Runtime Toolkit in CODESYS Runtime System 2.3.x and 2.4...
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Runtime Toolkit in CODESYS Runtime System 2.3.x and 2.4.x allows remote attackers to read, overwrite, or create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a request to the TCP listener service.
- Record
GHSA-6q9j-3828-rfxj- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-23
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The CoDeSys Runtime Toolkit’s file transfer functionality does not perform input validation, which allows an attacker to access files and directories outside the intended scope. This may allow an attacker to upload and download any file on the device. This could allow the attacker to affect the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of the device.
- Record
CVE-2012-6069- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-23, CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- 3s-smart software solutions codesys
- 3s-smart software solutions codesys control rte
- 3s-smart software solutions codesys control runtime embedded
- 3s-smart software solutions codesys control runtime full
- 3s-software codesys runtime system
- festo cecx-x-c1 modular master controller with codesys
- festo cecx-x-m1 modular controller with codesys and softmotion
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-6069 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in 3s-smart Software Solutions Codesys, published January 21, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.64%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
codesys.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/article/sicherheitsluecke-in-codesys-v23-laufzeitsystem.html
cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-13-011-01
digitalbond.com/tools/basecamp/3s-codesys
us.codesys.com/ecosystem/security
securityfocus.com/bid/56300