CVE-2021-28570

8.6 highEPSS 2.3%

High (8.6) in adobe after effects. EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Adobe After Effects version 18.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path element vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to to plant custom binaries and execute them with System permissions. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.6 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 82% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-427
Published: 2021-06-28
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

adobe:after_effects

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/ee/security/products/after_effects/apsb21-33.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/ee/security/products/after_effects/apsb21-33.html

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