CVE-2024-45136

User-assisted code execution via dangerous file upload

Published Oct 9, 2024 · Updated Oct 9, 2024

Dangerous-file upload in Adobe InCopy 19.4 and earlier and 18.5.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code. Adobe has not disclosed the upload-handling component or the validation failure that permits a dangerous file type to reach execution. Exploitation requires user interaction; successful execution runs attacker-controlled code in the affected application context.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.27%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Dangerous-file upload in Adobe InCopy 19.4 and earlier and 18.5.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code. Adobe has not disclosed the upload-handling component or the validation failure that permits a dangerous file type to reach execution. Exploitation requires user interaction; successful execution runs attacker-controlled code in the affected application context.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-45136
Published
Oct 9, 2024
Updated
Oct 9, 2024
Vendor
Adobe
Product
InCopy
Classifications
CWE-434, T1204.002
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 9, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=18.5.3

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Adobe · InCopyversion=0 <=18.5.3

Published CVSS scores

7.8Adobe Systems IncorporatedCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-434Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
T1204.002User Execution: Malicious File

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