Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-5424 · published 14 November 2014

CVE-2014-5424: Rockwellautomation connected components workbench permissions and access controls vulnerability

Rockwellautomation · Connected Components Workbench

Rockwell Automation Connected Components Workbench (CCW) before 7.00.00 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid property value to an ActiveX control that was built with an outdated compiler.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 11% · top 4.2% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls

7.5CVSS 2.0 base score

11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

2References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Connected Components Workbench Rockwellautomation

References

Link	Tags
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-294-01	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-294-01	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-5424), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.