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Substance 3D Sampler CVE-2026-100130

| EUVDEUVD-2026-100694 MEDIUM
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
2026-10-13 psirt@adobe.com GHSA-vqcv-8w4v-jw58
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: adobe
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Deliver crafted asset file to victim
  2. Delivery
    Victim opens file in Substance 3D Sampler
  3. Exploit
    Trigger out-of-bounds read in parser
  4. Execution
    Leak adjacent process memory
  5. Impact
    Disclose sensitive information

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, read limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Collection

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an attacker-supplied malicious file to be opened by a victim within Substance 3D Sampler version 6.0.3 or earlier; there is no remote or unauthenticated network path. Limiting factors: the attack is local (AV:L) and gated on user interaction (UI:R) - the victim must be socially engineered into importing/opening the crafted file - and the outcome is confined to disclosure of in-process memory (C:H, no integrity or availability impact and no code execution), so it functions as an information-leak primitive rather than a direct compromise.

Impact

This is a genuinely moderate-risk issue, not a top-tier priority. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, base 5.5) is internally consistent with the description: exploitation is LOCAL (AV:L) and requires a victim to open a malicious file (UI:R), with impact limited to confidentiality (C:H, I:N, A:N) via out-of-bounds memory disclosure (CWE-125). There is no network-vs-local conflict here - both the vector and the description agree the attacker cannot reach the target remotely and must rely on social engineering to get a crafted file opened. No EPSS score, KEV listing, SSVC decision, or POC was provided in the input; absence of these is not itself a risk signal, but it means there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code. Exploitation status: no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The combination of required user interaction, local attack vector, and confidentiality-only (read, not write/code-execution) impact means this is a high-CVSS-relative but realistically low-urgency issue - typical of client-side file-parser memory-disclosure bugs that are useful mainly as an information-leak primitive (e.g., to defeat ASLR) rather than a standalone compromise.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious project or asset file and delivers it to a victim via phishing, a shared asset marketplace, or a collaboration channel. When the victim opens the file in Substance 3D Sampler (version 6.0.3 or earlier), the parser performs an out-of-bounds read, leaking adjacent process memory that may contain sensitive data. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and the local vector plus required user interaction make this a targeted social-engineering scenario rather than mass exploitation.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026

Importing a specially crafted asset file into Adobe Substance 3D Sampler 6.0.3 or earlier can trigger an out-of-bounds read that leaks contents of the application's process memory to the attacker. The vulnerability is local in nature - there is no network or unauthenticated path to trigger it - and it is gated on user interaction, requiring the victim to be socially engineered into opening a malicious file; the outcome is limited to information disclosure with no integrity or availability impact and no code execution. No public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation were identified at time of analysis, and the issue is assessed as genuinely moderate risk rather than a top-tier priority.

RemediationAI

Apply the fix published in Adobe's advisory APSB26-159 (https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/substance3d-sampler/apsb26-159.html), which is the vendor's official remediation for this issue; upgrade Substance 3D Sampler to the patched release listed there and confirm the exact fixed build against the advisory before closing out, since the intelligence provided does not enumerate a specific patched version number. Until the upgrade is deployed, treat all Substance 3D Sampler asset files of unknown or untrusted origin as hostile: block or quarantine inbound .sbsar, project and texture asset files at mail and file-transfer gateways so they cannot reach authoring workstations, and require users to open only assets from trusted internal libraries or verified vendors - a control that has clear operational cost in collaborative pipelines where external assets are routine. Where the workflow permits, run Sampler in a sandboxed or low-privilege virtual machine or container with restricted file-system and network egress so that any leaked memory cannot be exfiltrated and is confined to a disposable environment; this reduces attacker value from the leak but adds friction and resource overhead. Note that the leak is a memory-disclosure primitive only, so classic exploit mitigations such as ASLR are not a meaningful substitute for patching, and there is no indication that disabling a specific feature or port will remove the exposure.

Affected VersionsENISA

Substance 3D Sampler 0 ≤6.0.3

Affected Packages

euvd substance_3d_sampler no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is an out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) in the file-parsing path of Adobe Substance 3D Sampler, the material-authoring component of the Substance 3D suite used to scan, process and create PBR materials and asset libraries. When the application parses an attacker-supplied asset file, insufficient bounds validation on one or more read operations causes the parser to access memory beyond the intended buffer, returning adjacent heap or stack contents into the parsed data path, where they can be surfaced back to the attacker. Because the primitive is a read rather than a write, the impact is confined to confidentiality (C:H) and there is no corruption of control flow, so it does not by itself yield code execution. The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N and the accompanying assessment confirm this framing: local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, mandatory user interaction, unchanged scope, high confidentiality impact only. No CPE entries were supplied with the intelligence, and the affected range is documented by EUVD as Substance 3D Sampler versions up to and including 6.0.3.

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Severity by source

Vendor (adobe) PRIMARY 5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.5 MEDIUM

Local file-open attack (AV:L, UI:R) needing no prior privileges (PR:N); out-of-bounds read discloses memory so C:H with I:N/A:N and unchanged scope.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (adobe).

CVSS VectorVendor: adobe

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Substance3D - Sampler is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 96% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche professional 3D-texturing authoring tool, limited to creative workstations
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

28
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +28
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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