Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This flaw affects Belden Hirschmann Industrial HiVision, used to monitor industrial networks. A local user can influence how configured external applications are launched and may cause another binary to run instead. Business impact is highest where the software runs with privileged accounts on OT management workstations.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority for OT management environments, especially where Industrial HiVision runs with administrative privileges. It is not described as remotely exploitable, but compromise of a monitoring workstation can create operational and visibility risk.
Technical view
CVE-2022-4987 is a CWE-426 untrusted search path issue in execution of user-configured external applications. A local, low-privileged attacker with user interaction can trigger execution of an unintended binary, potentially with elevated privileges depending on the application context. CVSS is 7.3 high.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to environments running Hirschmann Industrial HiVision versions described as affected before 08.1.04 and 08.2.00. The most relevant assets are OT engineering, monitoring, and management workstations where users configure or launch external applications.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or confirmed active exploitation. The attack is local, requires privileges and user interaction, and depends on placing a binary where the configured application launch path resolves it first.
Researcher notes
Evidence supports a local path hijacking weakness, not remote network exploitation. The bundle is limited on exact version-range semantics, so confirm affected and fixed releases against the Belden bulletin before closing exposure.
Mitigation direction
- Identify all Hirschmann Industrial HiVision installations and versions.
- Review Belden guidance for fixed versions and upgrade eligibility.
- Prioritize systems running 08.1.03 or earlier affected builds.
- Restrict local write access near external application execution paths.
- Run the software with least-privileged accounts where operationally possible.
- Monitor vendor advisories for updated remediation details.
Validation and detection
- Inventory installed Industrial HiVision versions across OT workstations.
- Check whether external applications are configured in the product.
- Review local path and directory permissions for configured application launches.
- Confirm upgraded systems report 08.1.04, 08.2.00, or vendor-approved later versions.
- Look for unexpected binaries in application search paths.
- Document any compensating controls for systems awaiting upgrade.
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.3 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.35.9VulnCheckCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N——VulnCheckVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
7HighVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.3HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://assets.belden.com/m/62ae167036cb17c3/original/Microsoft-Word-Belden_Security_Bulletin_BSECV-2021-03_1v0-002-docx.pdfCVE reference, VulnCheck · vendor-advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hirschmann-industrial-hivision-external-application-path-hijacking-leading-to-arbitrary-code-executionCVE reference, VulnCheck · third-party-advisory
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Untrusted Search Path
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