CVE-2025-23401
Published: 11 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-23401 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Siemens Teamcenter Visualization. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked at the 30.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-16 (Memory Protection).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly remediates the out-of-bounds read vulnerability through timely application of vendor patches for affected Teamcenter Visualization and Tecnomatix Plant Simulation versions.
Implements memory protection mechanisms like ASLR and DEP to prevent arbitrary code execution from out-of-bounds reads during WRL file parsing.
Enforces validation of WRL file inputs to detect and reject specially crafted malformed structures that trigger the out-of-bounds read.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Vulnerability in WRL file parsing enables client-side RCE when user opens malicious file (T1204.002), directly matching Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203).
NVD Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Teamcenter Visualization V14.3 (All versions < V14.3.0.13), Teamcenter Visualization V2312 (All versions < V2312.0009), Teamcenter Visualization V2406 (All versions < V2406.0007), Teamcenter Visualization V2412 (All versions < V2412.0002), Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2302 (All versions…
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< V2302.0021), Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2404 (All versions < V2404.0010). The affected applications contain an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated structure while parsing specially crafted WRL files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-23401 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability (CWE-125) identified in multiple versions of Siemens Teamcenter Visualization and Tecnomatix Plant Simulation. It affects Teamcenter Visualization V14.3 (all versions prior to V14.3.0.13), V2312 (all versions prior to V2312.0009), V2406 (all versions prior to V2406.0007), and V2412 (all versions prior to V2412.0002), as well as Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2302 (all versions prior to V2302.0021) and V2404 (all versions prior to V2404.0010). The issue arises during parsing of specially crafted WRL files, which can trigger an out-of-bounds read past the end of an allocated structure. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H).
An attacker with local access can exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening a maliciously crafted WRL file in one of the affected applications. No special privileges are required (PR:N), and the attack has low complexity (AC:L), though it relies on user interaction (UI:R). Successful exploitation enables arbitrary code execution in the context of the current process, resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) without scope change.
Siemens Product CERT advisory SSA-050438 details mitigations for CVE-2025-23401, including patches for the specified versions. Security practitioners should review the advisory at https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-050438.html for patching instructions, version-specific updates, and additional guidance on securing affected environments.
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