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CVE-2024-53959:
Adobe Framemaker vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability (CVE-2024-53959) has been identified in Adobe Framemaker versions 2020.7, 2022.5 and earlier. The vulnerability was disclosed on December 10, 2024, and affects multiple versions of Adobe Framemaker software (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.8 (HIGH). The attack vector is Local (AV:L) with Low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no privileges (PR:N) but does need user interaction (UI:R). The scope is Unchanged (S:U) with High impacts on Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The potential impact includes unauthorized code execution with the privileges of the user running the application (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Adobe has released updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to versions newer than Adobe Framemaker 2020.7 and 2022.5 (Adobe Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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