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Adobe Bridge version 11.1 and earlier versions were found to contain a memory corruption vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered and assigned CVE-2021-36059 on June 30, 2021. The flaw stems from insecure handling of malicious Bridge files, which could potentially lead to code execution with user-level privileges. This vulnerability requires user interaction to be exploited (CVE Details).
The vulnerability is classified as a memory corruption issue that occurs when Adobe Bridge processes malicious files. The flaw is tracked as CWE-788 in the Common Weakness Enumeration system (NVD Report). The vulnerability requires user interaction to be exploited, suggesting that an attacker would need to convince a user to open a specially crafted file to trigger the vulnerability.
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user (Adobe Security). Given that Adobe Bridge is commonly used in professional environments for file management and media preview, this could potentially impact both individual users and organizations using the software.
Adobe has addressed this vulnerability in updates released after version 11.1. Users are advised to update to the latest version of Adobe Bridge to mitigate this security risk (Adobe Security).
Source: This report was generated using AI
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