An ActiveX control in NationalInstruments.Help2.dll in National Instruments NI .NET Class…
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An ActiveX control in NationalInstruments.Help2.dll in National Instruments NI .NET Class Library Help, as used in Measurement Studio 2013 and earlier and other products, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about the existence of registry keys via crafted (1) key-open or (2) key-close method calls.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01191 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-5024
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r2j2-hq8w-23q8
References
More NI Measurementstudio vulnerabilities
- TI-2013-04391 Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the 3D Graph ActiveX control in cw3dgrph.ocx in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2013-04390 Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in National Instruments cwui.ocx, as… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2013-04392 The ActiveX controls in the HelpAsst component in NI Help Links in National Instruments… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2013-5024 · CVE Program
- CVE-2013-5024 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r2j2-hq8w-23q8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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