CVE-2024-49515: adobe substance_3d_painter Untrusted Search Path

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-49515 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in adobe substance_3d_painter. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 12-11-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-12-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Substance3D - Painter versions 10.1.0 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, then an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted application would then execute. The problem extends to any type of critical resource that the application trusts. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

• CWE-426Untrusted Search PathThe product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.