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CVE-2024-47196

Published: Oct 8, 2024

Modified: Jun 17, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.7

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

Siemens

ModelSim

affected
0 - < V2025.2

Siemens

Questa

affected
0 - < V2025.2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-427

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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