Untrusted search path vulnerability in Autodesk AutoCAD before 2014 allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary VBScript cod
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Autodesk AutoCAD before 2014 allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary VBScript code via a Trojan horse FAS file in the FAS file search path.
- Published
- Feb 22, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.5% · 84th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-94
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Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.5%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| autodesk | autocad | cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:autocad |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- autodesk autocadup to 2013 inclusive
Same product
autodesk: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2023-29075A maliciously crafted PRT file when parsed through Autodesk AutoCAD 2024 and 2023 can be used to cause an Out-Of-Bounds Write.39Monitor
- CVE-2023-29074A maliciously crafted CATPART file when parsed through Autodesk AutoCAD 2024 and 2023 can be used to cause an Out-Of-Bounds Write.39Monitor
- CVE-2023-29073A maliciously crafted MODEL file when parsed through Autodesk AutoCAD 2024 and 2023 can be used to cause a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow.39Monitor
- CVE-2022-25795A Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Autodesk TrueView 2022 and 2021 may lead to remote code execution through maliciously crafted DWG files32Monitor
- CVE-2025-1652MODEL File Parsing Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
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Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.