CVE-2021-28570: Adobe After Effects version 18.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path element vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this…

PriorityP342high8.6CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSCCHIHAH

EPSS

1.78%

75.8th percentile

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	after_effects	<= 18.1	—
adobe	after_effects	unspecified – 18.1	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.6HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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