CVE-2024-34133
Adobe Illustrator vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe Illustrator versions 28.5, 27.9.4 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. The vulnerability was disclosed on August 14, 2024, and affects both Windows and macOS operating systems. This security flaw requires user interaction, specifically opening a malicious file, to be exploited (Adobe Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an out-of-bounds write (CWE-787) that could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The severity of this vulnerability has been rated as HIGH with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8. The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating local access, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. This means an attacker could potentially execute malicious code with the same privileges as the user running Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has addressed this vulnerability in newer versions of Illustrator. Users should update to Illustrator version 28.6 or 27.9.5, depending on their current version stream (NVD).

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