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DWF Vulnerabilities in Autodesk Navisworks Desktop Software

Autodesk ID: ADSK-SA-2024-0015 

Product, Service, Component: Autodesk Navisworks 

Impact: Out-of-Bounds Read, Out-of-Bounds Write, Heap Overflow, Use After Free

Severity: High 

Original Publish: 9/29/2024 

Last Revised: 10/31/2024 

Severity CVSS 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 Navisworks is affected by multiple vulnerabilities listed below. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may lead to remote code execution. Please note, this advisory applies to Windows versions of the affected products; other platforms are not impacted. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities requires user interaction.   

Description  

The details of these vulnerabilities are as follows:  

  1. CVE-2024-7670: A maliciously crafted DWFX file, when parsed in w3dtk.dll through Autodesk Navisworks, can force an Out-of-Bounds Read. A malicious actor can leverage this vulnerability to cause a crash, read sensitive data, or execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.  

  2. CVE-2024-7671: A maliciously crafted DWFX file, when parsed in dwfcore.dll through Autodesk Navisworks, can force an Out-of-Bounds Write. A malicious actor can leverage this vulnerability to cause a crash, write sensitive data, or execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. 

  3. CVE-2024-7672: A maliciously crafted DWF file, when parsed in dwfcore.dll through Autodesk Navisworks, can force an Out-of-Bounds Write. A malicious actor can leverage this vulnerability to cause a crash, write sensitive data, or execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. 

  4. CVE-2024-7673: A maliciously crafted DWFX file, when parsed in w3dtk.dll through Autodesk Navisworks, can force a Heap-based Buffer Overflow. A malicious actor can leverage this vulnerability to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. 

  5. CVE-2024-7674: A maliciously crafted DWF file, when parsed in dwfcore.dll through Autodesk Navisworks, can force a Heap-based Buffer Overflow. A malicious actor can leverage this vulnerability to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. 

  6. CVE-2024-7675: A maliciously crafted DWF file, when parsed in w3dtk.dll through Autodesk Navisworks, can force a Use-After-Free. A malicious actor can leverage this vulnerability to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. 

 

Affected Products 

Item: Autodesk Navisworks Freedom, Autodesk Navisworks Simulate, Autodesk Navisworks Manage

Impacted Versions: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022

Mitigated Versions: 2025.3, 2024.3, 2023.5, 2022.6

Update Source: Autodesk Access or Accounts Portal

*Note: Product list contents subject to change.

Recommendations  

Autodesk highly recommends that customers of the affected products install the latest updates, as applicable, via Autodesk Access or the Accounts Portal. As a general best practice, we also recommend that customers only open files from trusted sources.   

Acknowledgements  

We thank the following researchers for reporting these issues and for working with Autodesk to help protect our customers:  

  • Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative for reporting CVE-2024-7670, CVE-2024-7671, CVE-2024-7673, and CVE-2024-7675. 

  • Vladislav Berghici working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative for reporting CVE-2024-7672 and CVE-2024-7674. 

Revision History 

Revision: 1.0

Date: 9/29/2024

Description: Initial Release of the Security Advisory

 

Revision: 1.1

Date: 10/31/2024

Description: Updated Affected Products section

 

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