Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation up to 16.20.02 memory corruption

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation up to 16.20.02. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-2929. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation up to 16.20.02. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A memory corruption vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation software could potentially allow a malicious user to insert unauthorized code to the software by corrupting the memory triggering an access violation. Once inside, the threat actor can run harmful code on the system. This affects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the product. To trigger this, the user would unwittingly need to open a malicious file shared by the threat actor.

The weakness was presented by Michael Heinzl. The advisory is shared for download at rockwellautomation.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-2929. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/10/2024).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Automation Software

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• Rockwell Automation

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• Arena Simulation

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• 16.20.02

License

• commercial

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