Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation prior 2302.0018/2404.0007 WRL File out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component WRL File Handler. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-52574. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component WRL File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2302 (All versions < V2302.0018), Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2404 (All versions < V2404.0007). The affected applications contain an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated structure while parsing specially crafted WRL files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-24543)

It is possible to read the advisory at cert-portal.siemens.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-52574 since 11/14/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/11/2024).

Upgrading to version 2302.0018 or 2404.0007 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• SCADA Software

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• Siemens

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• Tecnomatix Plant Simulation

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.siemens.com/

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