CVE-2021-28570

HighCVSS 8.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.6/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-427

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 28, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-28570: High severity, CVSS 8.6 | Vulnix