Rockwell Automation Arena up to 16.20.00 DOE File initialization

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A vulnerability has been found in Rockwell Automation Arena up to 16.20.00 and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component DOE File Handler. The manipulation leads to initialization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-11158. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Rockwell Automation Arena up to 16.20.00. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component DOE File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a initialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-665. The product does not initialize or incorrectly initializes a resource, which might leave the resource in an unexpected state when it is accessed or used. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An “uninitialized variable” 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 access a variable before it being initialized. 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 at rockwellautomation.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-11158 since 11/12/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/19/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212706 (Rockwell Automation Arena < 16.20.06 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 (212706). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Automation Software

Vendor

• Rockwell Automation

Name

• Arena

Version

• 16.0
• 16.1
• 16.2
• 16.3
• 16.4
• 16.5
• 16.6
• 16.7
• 16.8
• 16.9
• 16.10
• 16.11
• 16.12
• 16.13
• 16.14
• 16.15
• 16.16
• 16.17
• 16.18
• 16.19
• 16.20.00

License

• commercial

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