CVE-2025-47098
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2025-47098 is an uninitialized pointer access vulnerability in Adobe InCopy that could allow arbitrary code execution when a user opens a malicious file. This affects users of InCopy versions 20.3, 19.5.3 and earlier, requiring user interaction through file opening.
💻 Affected Systems
- Adobe InCopy
📦 What is this software?
Incopy by Adobe
Incopy by Adobe
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete system compromise with attacker gaining full control of the victim's computer in the context of the current user's privileges.
Likely Case
Malicious actors craft specially designed InCopy files that, when opened, execute malware, ransomware, or spyware on the victim's system.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper user training, file restrictions, and security controls preventing malicious file execution.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires user interaction (opening malicious file). No public exploit code available at this time.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Update to InCopy 20.4 or later, or 19.5.4 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/incopy/apsb25-59.html
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Open Adobe Creative Cloud application. 2. Navigate to 'Apps' tab. 3. Find Adobe InCopy. 4. Click 'Update' button. 5. Restart computer after update completes.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict InCopy file execution
allBlock execution of .incx files from untrusted sources using application control policies
User awareness training
allTrain users to only open InCopy files from trusted sources and verify file integrity
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement application whitelisting to prevent execution of malicious code
- Use email filtering to block suspicious InCopy file attachments
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check InCopy version via Help > About InCopy menu. If version is 20.3 or earlier, or 19.5.3 or earlier, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
On Windows: Check via Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features. On macOS: Check via Applications folder > Right-click InCopy > Get Info.Verify Fix Applied:
Verify InCopy version is 20.4 or later, or 19.5.4 or later after applying update.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected InCopy crashes
- Suspicious file opening events in application logs
- Unusual process creation from InCopy
Network Indicators:
- Outbound connections from InCopy to unknown IPs
- DNS requests for suspicious domains after file opening
SIEM Query:
source="*incopy*" AND (event_type="crash" OR file_name="*.incx")