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CVE-2021-28570

Published: Jun 28, 2021

Modified: Apr 23, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.3

HIGH

Description

Adobe After Effects version 18.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path element vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to to plant custom binaries and execute them with System permissions. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

VendorProductVersions

Adobe

After Effects

affected
unspecified - <= 18.1
affected
unspecified - <= None

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-427

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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