Zero-Day Advisory

Fortinet Discovers Autodesk AutoCAD Products Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Autodesk AutoCAD products.


Autodesk is a multinational software corporation that makes software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education, and entertainment industries. AutoCAD is a commercial computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application.


An arbitrary code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Autodesk AutoCAD products by FortiGuard Labs. The vulnerability is caused by a crafted DWG file which causes a memory corruption. It could allow malicious users to create code execution scenarios.


Solutions

FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:

Autodesk.DWG.TrueView.CVE-2021-27042.Arbitrary.Code.Execution
Released Jun 22, 2021

Users should apply the solution provided by Autodesk.

Timeline

Fortinet reported the vulnerability to Autodesk on December 8, 2020.

Autodesk confirmed the vulnerability on December 9, 2020.

Autodesk patched the vulnerability on June 17, 2021.

References

Acknowledgement

This vulnerability was discovered by Yonghui Han of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.

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