Autodesk ID: ADSK-SA-2022-0015
Product, Service, Component: Autodesk® desktop app (ADA)
Impact: Improper Privilege Management
Severity: High
Original Publish: 7/22/2022
Last Revised: 7/22/2022
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Security advisory
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Vulnerabilities in the Autodesk® desktop app (ADA)
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® desktop app (ADA) product has been affected by an Improper Privilege Management vulnerability detailed below. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may lead to code execution and/or denial-of-service to the software and user devices.
Description
The details of the vulnerabilities are as follows:
1) CVE-2022-33882 - Under certain conditions, an attacker could create an unintended sphere of control through a vulnerability present in file delete operation in Autodesk desktop app (ADA). An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code.
Affected Products
Item |
Impacted Versions |
Mitigated Versions |
Update Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Autodesk® desktop app (ADA) |
8.4.0.50 and prior versions |
8.5.0 |
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| *Note: Product list table contents subject to change. | |||
Recommendations
Autodesk strongly recommends users apply the latest update for Autodesk® desktop app (ADA). To proceed, allow the self-update when prompted by clicking the “Exit and update” button or install the latest version from the update source as listed in the table above.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the following for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Autodesk to help protect our customers:
- Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative for reporting CVE-2022-33882
Revision History
Revision |
Date |
Description |
|---|---|---|
1.0 |
7/22/2022 |
Description: Initial Release of the Security Advisory |
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