# CVE-2014-0818: Code injection in n/a

> Local attackers can execute arbitrary VBScript code and escalate privileges by placing a malicious FAS file in the search path.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Feb 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cfvc-f59m-r6fr

## What is CVE-2014-0818?

CVE-2014-0818 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Autodesk Autocad, published on 22 Feb 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0818?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Autodesk Autocad.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-0818?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0818 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-0818 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0818 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Autodesk Autocad

- [CVE-2023-29073](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29073/): Memory corruption in AutoCAD, Advance Steel and Civil 3D (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-29074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29074/): Memory corruption in AutoCAD, Advance Steel and Civil 3D (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-29075](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29075/): Memory corruption in AutoCAD, Advance Steel and Civil 3D (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-29076](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29076/): Memory corruption in AutoCAD, Advance Steel and Civil 3D (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-7991](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7991/): Autodesk AutoCAD DWG Out-of-Bounds Write Code Execution Vulnerability (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0818 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-0818 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Autodesk Autocad, published on 22 Feb 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0818 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Autodesk Autocad. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0818/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0818/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0818
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0818
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0818

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0818/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.