CVE-2025-47119
📋 TL;DR
Adobe Framemaker versions 2020.8, 2022.6 and earlier contain a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that allows attackers to cause denial-of-service by crashing the application. Users who open malicious files are affected. This requires user interaction to exploit.
💻 Affected Systems
- Adobe Framemaker
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete application crash leading to loss of unsaved work and service disruption for users processing documents.
Likely Case
Temporary denial-of-service where application crashes when opening a malicious file, requiring restart and potential data loss.
If Mitigated
Minimal impact if users only open trusted files from verified sources.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires user to open a malicious file. No authentication bypass needed beyond file access.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Update to Framemaker 2020.9 or 2022.7
Vendor Advisory: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/framemaker/apsb25-66.html
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Open Adobe Creative Cloud application. 2. Navigate to 'Apps' tab. 3. Find Adobe Framemaker. 4. Click 'Update' button. 5. Restart computer after installation completes.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict file opening
allConfigure application to only open files from trusted sources using application restrictions or group policy.
Use application sandboxing
allRun Framemaker in isolated environment or virtual machine to contain potential crashes.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict file validation policies to only open documents from trusted sources
- Use application whitelisting to prevent execution of modified Framemaker binaries
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Framemaker version via Help > About Adobe Framemaker. If version is 2020.8 or earlier, or 2022.6 or earlier, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
On Windows: wmic product where "name like 'Adobe Framemaker%'" get versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify version is 2020.9 or higher for 2020 branch, or 2022.7 or higher for 2022 branch.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Application crash logs from Framemaker
- Windows Event ID 1000 or 1001 for application crashes
Network Indicators:
- Unusual file downloads preceding application crashes
SIEM Query:
source="*framemaker*" AND (event_id=1000 OR event_id=1001 OR "crash" OR "stopped working")