CVE-2012-2052

Adobe Photoshop CS5 12.x-12.0.4 and CS5.1 12.1.x-12.1.0 - Remote Code Execution via U3D Library Collada Asset Element

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2012-2052. PoCs published by rgod.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a Unicode conversion stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Photoshop CS5.1's U3D.8bi Library Collada Asset Elements. It crafts a malicious .dae file to trigger the vulnerability, using an alphabetic shellcode to bypass filtering and achieve arbitrary code execution.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the U3D.8BI library plugin in Adobe Photoshop CS5 12.x before 12.0.5 and CS5.1 12.1.x before 12.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Collada asset element in a DAE file, as demonstrated by the cameraYFov value in the contributor comments element.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by rgod · phplocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18862

This exploit leverages a Unicode conversion stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Photoshop CS5.1's U3D.8bi Library Collada Asset Elements. It crafts a malicious .dae file to trigger the vulnerability, using an alphabetic shellcode to bypass filtering and achieve arbitrary code execution.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Adobe Photoshop CS5.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must open the malicious .dae file in Adobe Photoshop CS5.1
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49160
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/81832
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53464
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/May/58

Scores

EPSS 0.2332
EPSS Percentile 97.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (6)
adobe/photoshop_cs5 12.0
adobe/photoshop_cs5 12.0.1
adobe/photoshop_cs5 12.0.2
adobe/photoshop_cs5 12.0.3
adobe/photoshop_cs5 12.0.4
adobe/photoshop_cs5.1 12.1
Published Jun 19, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026