Rockwell Automation Arena up to 16.20.03 DOE File out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Rockwell Automation Arena up to 16.20.03. Affected is an unknown function of the component DOE File Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-12130. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Rockwell Automation Arena up to 16.20.03. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component DOE File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An “out of bounds read” code execution vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation Arena® that could allow a threat actor to craft a DOE file and force the software to read beyond the boundaries of an allocated memory. If exploited, a threat actor could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. To exploit this vulnerability, a legitimate user must execute the malicious code crafted by the threat actor.

The advisory is shared for download at rockwellautomation.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-12130 since 12/04/2024. 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212708 (Rockwell Automation Arena < 16.20.03 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (212708). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Automation Software

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• Rockwell Automation

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• Arena

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• 16.20.03

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• commercial

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