CVE-2022-33883
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA malicious crafted file consumed through Moldflow Synergy, Moldflow Adviser, Moldflow Communicator, and Advanced Material Exchange applications could lead to memory corruption vulnerability. This vulnerability in conjunction with other vulnerabilities could lead to code execution in the context of the current process.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA memory corruption vulnerability exists in Moldflow Synergy, Moldflow Adviser, Moldflow Communicator, and Advanced Material Exchange when parsing maliciously crafted files. The vulnerability allows memory corruption that could potentially enable code execution in the current process context when chained with other vulnerabilities.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 2019= 2021= 2019= 2021= 2019= 2021= 2019= 2021CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed Autodesk Moldflow productsOpen Windows Settings > Apps & Features, or use PowerShell: Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Select-Object Name, Version. Look for 'Advanced Material Exchange', 'Moldflow Adviser', 'Moldflow Communicator', or 'Moldflow Synergy'.Affected if Any of these four products are listed in installed programs
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Determine the exact version of installed Moldflow softwareRight-click the application shortcut > Properties > Details tab, or check the program's About/Help menu within the application itself.Affected if Version is listed as 2019 or 2021 (exact version numbers vary by build)
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Confirm the product is the Autodesk versionVerify the product is Autodesk-branded (Autodesk Advanced Material Exchange, Autodesk Moldflow Adviser, etc.) as listed in the CVE. Non-Autodesk variants may have different patch status.Affected if Product name begins with 'Autodesk' and matches one of the four affected products
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Verify the file parsing component is presentThe vulnerability affects file parsing when opening .syn, .mfg, or material exchange files. Check if the application has import/load functionality for these file types enabled or accessible.Affected if The application can import or load external files (this is the attack vector for exploitation)
You are affected if you have Autodesk Moldflow Synergy, Adviser, Communicator, or Advanced Material Exchange version 2019 or 2021 installed and the application can parse external files.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataAvoid opening untrusted or unverified files in affected applications until vendor patches are applied. Implement application whitelisting and sandboxing as defense-in-depth measures.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-33883 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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