CVE-2024-47420
📋 TL;DR
Adobe Animate versions 23.0.7, 24.0.4 and earlier contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could allow attackers to read sensitive memory contents. This could potentially bypass security mitigations like ASLR. Users who open malicious files with vulnerable Animate versions are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Adobe Animate
📦 What is this software?
Animate by Adobe
Animate by Adobe
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Memory disclosure leading to ASLR bypass enabling further exploitation, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution or sensitive information leakage.
Likely Case
Limited information disclosure from memory, potentially revealing application data or system information without direct code execution.
If Mitigated
No impact if malicious files are not opened or if proper file validation is in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires user interaction (opening malicious file) and memory manipulation to achieve meaningful exploitation.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Update to Animate 23.0.8 or 24.0.5
Vendor Advisory: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb24-76.html
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Open Adobe Creative Cloud application. 2. Navigate to 'Apps' tab. 3. Find Adobe Animate. 4. Click 'Update' if available. 5. Restart computer after update completes.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict file opening
allOnly open Animate files from trusted sources and disable automatic file opening
Application control
allUse application whitelisting to restrict Animate execution to specific users
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict file validation policies for Animate files
- Use sandboxing or virtualization for Animate when opening untrusted files
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Animate version via Help > About Adobe AnimateCheck Version:
On Windows: wmic product where name="Adobe Animate" get versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify version is 23.0.8 or higher (for v23) or 24.0.5 or higher (for v24)📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Animate crash logs with memory access violations
- Unexpected file opening events in Animate
Network Indicators:
- Downloads of Animate files from untrusted sources
SIEM Query:
source="*animate*" AND (event="crash" OR event="file_open")