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Flaw in Unity Pro Poses Major Headaches for Industrial Control Networks

ID: 45499442-f2c1-5021-92c4-9910d31b2586

STIX ID: report--45499442-f2c1-5021-92c4-9910d31b2586

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2016-10-26

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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A remotely exploitable vulnerability in Schneider Electric's Unity Pro engineering software allows malicious APX project files to execute arbitrary code on engineering workstations and potentially affect any process controlled by Schneider PLCs; Indegy disclosed the flaw, explained the attack mechanics (malformed APX, checksum bypass, remote delivery over a default TCP port), and Schneider released a patch to mitigate the issue.

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