CVE-2021-28570 (GCVE-0-2021-28570)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-28 13:49 – Updated: 2025-04-23 19:40
VLAI?
Title
Adobe After Effects uncontrolled search path element vulnerability could lead to remote code execution
Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.3 (High)
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427)
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Adobe | After Effects |
Affected:
unspecified , ≤ 18.1
(custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ None (custom) |
Date Public ?
2021-05-11 00:00
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