Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessDeliver malicious file to victim
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ExploitVictim opens file in Substance 3D Painter
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ExecutionTrigger stack-based buffer overflow in parser
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ImpactExecute arbitrary code as current user
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Stack buffer bounds checking
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a victim running Adobe Substance 3D Painter (version up to and including 12.1.5) to open an attacker-supplied malicious file, which triggers the stack-based buffer overflow during file processing. The specific file format or parsing component that triggers the overflow is not described in the available sources. Limiting factors: the vector is local (AV:L) rather than remote network-reachable, and mandatory user interaction (UI:R) is required - the attacker cannot trigger the flaw without the user opening the crafted file - which significantly constrains mass exploitation and favors targeted social-engineering delivery. Code executes only with the privileges of the current user, not elevated. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but not emergency-priority issue, consistent with the vuln.today 'this_week' decision label rather than act_now/emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 7.8) describes a local, user-interaction-dependent flaw: the attack vector is LOCAL because exploitation occurs when the victim opens a malicious file, not over a network, and UI:R confirms required user interaction. Impact is high across confidentiality, integrity, and availability because successful exploitation yields arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. No EPSS score was provided, the CVE is NOT listed in CISA KEV, and no proof-of-concept or exploit reference appears in the input - only Adobe's advisory and the NVD detail page. Therefore there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation; risk is driven by the high local impact and the realistic social-engineering delivery (malicious file), not by observed in-the-wild activity. The main uncertainty is EPSS (missing) and the absence of an independently confirmed fixed version string in the supplied data. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a malicious project or asset file and delivers it to a Substance 3D Painter user via email, a shared asset pack, or a download. When the victim opens the file, a stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-121) is triggered during parsing, leading to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. No public exploit code was identified in the available data, and exploitation depends on the victim opening the attacker-supplied file (UI:R). |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Substance 3D Painter up to and including 12.1.5 allows arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user when a victim opens a crafted file. Severity is rated 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H): the local vector and mandatory user interaction constrain mass exploitation and favor targeted social-engineering delivery, and code runs only with the victim's privileges. No public exploit code or active exploitation is confirmed in the available data; the vuln.today decision label is this_week, indicating a genuine but not emergency-priority issue that should be scheduled for near-term remediation.
RemediationAI
Update Adobe Substance 3D Painter beyond version 12.1.5 per the vendor advisory at https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/substance3d-painter/apsb26-178.html; no exact fixed version number is given in the available data, so confirm the patched release in the advisory before upgrading. Until the update is applied, the practical control is to avoid opening untrusted or unsolicited Substance 3D Painter project and asset files, since exploitation requires the victim to open a malicious file, and to note that any code executed runs only with the current user's privileges. No registered workaround beyond updating is stated in the available sources.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is CWE-121, a stack-based buffer overflow, in Adobe Substance 3D Painter, a 3D material authoring and texture painting application. CPE data (cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_substance_3d_painter) confirms the affected product, with EUVD listing versions 0 through 12.1.5 as vulnerable. The overflow occurs during processing of a file opened by the user and can lead to arbitrary code execution under the current user's privileges. The specific file format or parsing component that triggers the overflow is not described in the available sources. Because the assessed vector is AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, exploitation is triggered by opening an attacker-supplied file, requires user interaction, and yields code execution at the user's privilege level rather than elevated or system-level access.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Local vector because exploitation requires opening a malicious file (AV:L, UI:R); no prior privileges needed (PR:N); arbitrary code execution as current user gives full C/I/A impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (adobe).
CVSS VectorVendor: adobe
DescriptionCVE.org
Substance3D - Painter is affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Executive ViewAI
Adobe Substance 3D Painter, a widely used 3D texturing tool in creative workflows, contains a high-severity stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2026-48379) that allows arbitrary code execution when a user opens a crafted file. No patch is currently available, and successful exploitation requires a user to open a malicious file, making targeted phishing or social-engineering attacks the primary risk. Design and content teams using this software, and the organization's intellectual property and local data, are exposed.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; enforce user awareness on opening untrusted files, apply endpoint detection and response to monitor for malicious file behavior, and restrict execution privileges for creative workstation users.
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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.
A stack-based buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a buffer located on the stack than it was allocated to hold.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
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