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Vulnerabilities in Autodesk® InfraWorks software

Autodesk ID: ADSK-SA-2021-0005
Product, Service, Component: Autodesk® InfraWorks
Impact: Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion'), NULL Pointer Dereference, Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor, Use of Insufficiently Random Values, Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data, Improper Certificate Validation, Double Free, Out-of-bounds Write, Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'), Integer Overflow or Wraparound, Excessive Iteration, Divide By Zero, Out-of-bounds Read, Use After Free
Severity: High
Original Publish: 18/06/2021
Last Revised: 18/06/2021

Severity

CVSS 3.0 Score

Impact

Low

0.1 - 3.9

A vulnerability where scope and impact of exploitation is restricted and the ability to exploit is extremely difficult.

Medium

4.0 - 6.9

A vulnerability where exploitation is mitigated by factors such as difficulty to exploit, default configuration or ease of identification.

High

7.0 - 8.9

A vulnerability, which if exploited, would directly impact the confidentiality, integrity or availability of user’s data or processing resources.

Critical

9.0 - 10

A vulnerability, which if exploited, would allow remote execution of malicious code without user action.

Summary

Autodesk® InfraWorks has been affected by multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to remote code execution and/or denial-of-service to the software and user devices.

Affected Products

Item

Impacted Versions

Mitigated Versions

Update Source

Autodesk® Infraworks

2019.3, 2020.2, 2021.2

2019.3, 2020.2, 2021.2

Autodesk Desktop App,
or Accounts Portal

Recommendations

Autodesk highly recommends that customers of the affected products obtain and apply the latest Hotfixes via the Autodesk Desktop App, or the Accounts Portal. Customers who are using impacted product versions should then reinstall the software to apply the latest Hotfixes. Customers using previous versions that no longer qualify for full support should plan to upgrade to a supported version as soon as possible to avoid downtime and potential security vulnerabilities. Visit the Autodesk Knowledge Network for more information about previous version support.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following for reporting the relevant vulnerabilities and for working with Autodesk to help protect our customers:

  • Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative for reporting CVE-2021-27040 and CVE-2021-27041.
  • Yonghui Han of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs for reporting CVE-2021-27042 and CVE-2021-27043 in coordination with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) Program.

Revision History

Revision

Date

Description

1.0

18/06/2021

Initial Release

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