CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-47196

5.4 MEDIUM Published 2024-10-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2024-10-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
5.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-427

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in ModelSim (All versions < V2025.2), Questa (All versions < V2025.2). vsimk.exe in affected applications allows a specific tcl file to be loaded from the current working directory. This could allow an authenticated local attacker to inject arbitrary code and escalate privileges in installations where administrators or processes with elevated privileges launch vsimk.exe from a user-writable directory.

Affected configurations

• siemens modelsim (< 2024.3) • siemens questa (< 2024.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness

References