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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 to to plant custom binaries and execute them with System permissions. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

  • Published: Jun 28, 2021
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2021-28570
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.3
  • AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 9.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
adobe / after_effects - 18.1.x