CVE-2022-38435 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Illustrator versions 26.4 (and earlier) and 25.4.7 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Input Validation 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00104.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Illustrator
Apple	Macos
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41020	Adobe Illustrator versions 26.4 (and earlier) and 25.4.7 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Input Validation 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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb22-56.html

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2022-10-25T17:02:17.797Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:43:23.232Z

Reserved: 2022-08-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38435

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:54:03.485Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-25T17:15:55.580

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:16:28.343

Link: CVE-2022-38435

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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