# CVE-2021-38436: FATEK Automation WinProladder

> An attacker can execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious project file in FATEK WinProladder.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2021
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8wh7-53ff-95r7

## What is CVE-2021-38436?

CVE-2021-38436 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in FATEK Automation WinProladder, published on 18 Oct 2021. 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

FATEK Automation WinProladder versions 3.30 and prior lacks proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing project files, which could result in a memory-corruption condition. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write), CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38436?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fatek Winproladder.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-38436?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38436 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-38436 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38436 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in FATEK Automation WinProladder

- [CVE-2021-32988](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32988/): Memory corruption in FATEK Automation WinProladder (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-32990](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32990/): Memory corruption in FATEK Automation WinProladder (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-32992](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32992/): Memory corruption in FATEK Automation WinProladder (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-43554](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43554/): FATEK Automation WinProladder (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2021-43556](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43556/): FATEK Automation WinProladder (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38436 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-38436 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in FATEK Automation WinProladder, published on 18 Oct 2021. 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-2021-38436 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: FATEK Automation WinProladder. 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-2021-38436/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38436/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38436
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38436
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38436

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38436/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.