CVE detail
CVE-2025-21127
Photoshop Desktop versions 25.12, 26.1 and earlier are affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker could manipulate the search path environment variable to point to a malicious library, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code when the application loads. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must run the vulnerable application.
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 10.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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Patch Tuesday: Adobe ships patches for more than a dozen security defects in a wide range of software products.
newswww.securityweek.comJan 14, 2025, 8:03 PMNo excerpt available.
Vendor Advisoryhelpx.adobe.comJan 14, 2025, 7:15 PM
Exploit code
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