CVE-2024-47196CWE-427

A vulnerability has been identified in ModelSim (All versions < V2025.2), Questa (All versions < V2025.2)

Medium · published October 8, 2024

CVSS v4.0
5.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
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
EPSS
0.00151 · 3.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Published
2024-10-08T08:40Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 OCT 08:40Z
    A vulnerability has been identified in ModelSim (All versions < V2025.2), Questa (All versions < V2025.2)
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