Code execution via malicious file buffer overflow
Published Sep 1, 2021 · Updated Apr 23, 2025
Buffer overflow in Adobe Bridge 11.1 and earlier allows local users to execute code as the current user by opening a malicious Bridge file. Adobe identifies the defect only as insecure handling of that file and has not disclosed the affected parser or unsafe memory operation. Exploitation requires user interaction, and resulting code runs with the privileges of the user running Bridge.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in Adobe Bridge 11.1 and earlier allows local users to execute code as the current user by opening a malicious Bridge file. Adobe identifies the defect only as insecure handling of that file and has not disclosed the affected parser or unsafe memory operation. Exploitation requires user interaction, and resulting code runs with the privileges of the user running Bridge.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-36075
- Published
- Sep 1, 2021
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- Adobe Bridge
- Classifications
- CWE-120, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 1, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <=11.1
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <=None
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