CVE-2024-47435
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2024-47435 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Substance3D Painter that could allow an attacker to read sensitive memory contents when a victim opens a malicious file. This could potentially bypass security mitigations like ASLR. Users of Substance3D Painter versions 10.1.0 and earlier are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Adobe Substance 3D Painter
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
An attacker could read sensitive memory contents, potentially obtaining credentials, encryption keys, or other protected data, and bypass ASLR to enable further exploitation.
Likely Case
Information disclosure of random memory contents, potentially revealing some sensitive data but requiring additional vulnerabilities for full system compromise.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper file handling controls and user awareness about opening untrusted files.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires user interaction (opening malicious file) and understanding of memory layout. No public exploits known at this time.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 10.2.0 and later
Vendor Advisory: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/substance3d_painter/apsb24-86.html
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Open Substance 3D Painter. 2. Go to Help > Check for Updates. 3. Follow prompts to install version 10.2.0 or later. 4. Restart the application.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict file handling
allConfigure system to only open Substance 3D Painter files from trusted sources
Application sandboxing
allRun Substance 3D Painter in restricted environment/sandbox
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict file handling policies to prevent opening untrusted .spp files
- Use application allowlisting to restrict which users can run Substance 3D Painter
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Substance 3D Painter version in Help > About. If version is 10.1.0 or earlier, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
Not applicable - check via application GUI Help > AboutVerify Fix Applied:
Verify version is 10.2.0 or later in Help > About menu.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Application crashes when opening files
- Unusual memory access patterns in application logs
Network Indicators:
- No network indicators - local file-based exploit
SIEM Query:
EventID for application crashes from Substance3DPainter.exe on Windows, or similar application crash logs