CVE-2021-28571

HIGH

Adobe After Effects < 18.1 - Unauthenticated OS Command Injection via Malicious File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Adobe After Effects version 18.1 (and earlier) is affected by a potential Command injection vulnerability when chained with a development and debugging tool for JavaScript scripts. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.3
EPSS 0.0288
EPSS Percentile 85.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (1)
adobe/after_effects < 18.1
Published Sep 08, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026