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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
PR:N assessed because delivering a malicious file requires no prior system privileges; all other vendor metrics retained as technically sound.
Primary rating from Vendor (adobe).
CVSS VectorVendor: adobe
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Animate is affected by an Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. Scope is changed.
AnalysisAI
Code injection in Adobe Animate allows a low-privileged attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user by convincing a victim to open a specially crafted malicious file. Both the 2023 and 2024 major release lines are affected, covering all versions up to and including 23.0.16 and 24.0.14 respectively. …
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Vulnerability AssessmentAI
| Exploitation | Exploitation requires the victim to actively open a malicious Animate project file using an unpatched version of Adobe Animate 2023 (≤23.0.16) or Animate 2024 (≤24.0.14). … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The vendor-assigned CVSS score of 8.2 with a vector of AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H reflects high impact but meaningful prerequisites: a local attack vector, user interaction, and low-privilege attacker context. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in. |
| Remediation | Consult Adobe security bulletin APSB26-132 at https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb26-132.html for the official fixed versions, which should be the first releases after 24.0.14 (Animate 2024) and 23.0.16 (Animate 2023) respectively - exact patched version numbers are not independently confirmed from the available data. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Within 24 hours: inventory all Animate installations, alert creative teams to avoid opening Animate files from untrusted sources, and escalate to leadership that no patch currently exists. …
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Same weakness CWE-94 – Code Injection
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EUVD-2026-73591
GHSA-75w7-cqxv-p63r