# Mitsubishi Electric Multiple Factory Automation Engineering Software Products (Update A) - Permission Issues

CVE record · `CVE-2020-14496`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2020-14496`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.3 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** icscert
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-275](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/275.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-275](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-275.md)
- **Technologies:** [Mitsubishi Electric CPU Module Logging Configuration Tool](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-cpu-module-logging-configuration-tool.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric CW Configurator](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-cw-configurator.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric Data Transfer](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-data-transfer.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric EZSocket](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-ezsocket.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric FR Configurator2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-fr-configurator2.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric GT Designer3 Version1 (GOT2000)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-gt-designer3-version1-got2000.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric GT SoftGOT1000 Version3](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-gt-softgot1000-version3.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric GT SoftGOT2000 Version1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-gt-softgot2000-version1.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric GX LogViewer](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-gx-logviewer.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric GX Works2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-gx-works2.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric GX Works3](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-gx-works3.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric M_CommDTM-HART](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-m-commdtm-hart.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric M_CommDTM-IO-Link](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-m-commdtm-io-link.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric MELFA-Works](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-melfa-works.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC WinCPU Setting Utility](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-melsec-wincpu-setting-utility.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric MELSOFT EM Software Development Kit (EM Configurator)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-melsoft-em-software-development-kit-em-configurator.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric MELSOFT FieldDeviceConfigurator](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-melsoft-fielddeviceconfigurator.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric MELSOFT Navigator](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-melsoft-navigator.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric MH11 SettingTool Version2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-mh11-settingtool-version2.md) · [Mitsubishi Electric MI Configurator](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/mitsubishi-electric-mi-configurator.md)
- **Published:** 19 May 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: icscert) at 19 May 2022, 17:24 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: CPU Module Logging Configuration Tool.
  - affected: `All to 1.100E, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: CW Configurator.
  - affected: `All to 1.010L, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: Data Transfer.
  - affected: `All to 3.40S, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: EZSocket.
  - affected: `All to 4.5, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: FR Configurator2.
  - affected: `All to 1.22Y, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GT Designer3 Version1 (GOT2000).
  - affected: `All to 1.235V, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GT SoftGOT1000 Version3.
  - affected: `All to 3.200J, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GT SoftGOT1000 Version3.
  - affected: `All`
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GT SoftGOT2000 Version1.
  - affected: `All to 1.235V, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GX LogViewer.
  - affected: `All to 1.100E, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GX Works2.
  - affected: `All to 1.592S, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: GX Works3.
  - affected: `All to 1.063R, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: M_CommDTM-HART.
  - affected: `All 1.00A`
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: M_CommDTM-IO-Link.
  - affected: `All`
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MELFA-Works.
  - affected: `All to 4.3, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MELSEC WinCPU Setting Utility.
  - affected: `All`
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MELSOFT EM Software Development Kit (EM Configurator).
  - affected: `All to 1.010L, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MELSOFT FieldDeviceConfigurator.
  - affected: `All to 1.03D, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MELSOFT Navigator.
  - affected: `All to 2.62Q, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MH11 SettingTool Version2.
  - affected: `All to 2.002C, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MI Configurator.
  - affected: `All`
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: Motorizer.
  - affected: `All to 1.005F, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MR Configurator2.
  - affected: `All to 1.105K, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MT Works2.
  - affected: `All to 1.156N, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: MX Component.
  - affected: `All to 4.19V, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: Network Interface Board CC IE Control utility.
  - affected: `All`
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: Network Interface Board CC IE Field Utility.
  - affected: `All`
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: Network Interface Board CC-Link Ver.2 Utility.
  - affected: `All`
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: Network Interface Board MNETH utility.
  - affected: `All`
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: PX Developer.
  - affected: `All to 1.52E, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: RT ToolBox2.
  - affected: `All to 3.72A, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: RT ToolBox3.
  - affected: `All to 1.70Y, inclusive` (custom)
- Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric. Product: Setting/monitoring tools for the C Controller module.
  - affected: `All`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.3 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (icscert)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0087, the 58th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 19 May 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2020-14496](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14496)
- [NVD: CVE-2020-14496](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14496)

### References from the CNA

- <https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-20-212-02>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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