CVE-2025-47121
📋 TL;DR
Adobe Framemaker versions 2020.8, 2022.6 and earlier contain an uninitialized pointer access vulnerability that could allow arbitrary code execution when a user opens a malicious file. This affects users of Adobe Framemaker who open untrusted documents, potentially leading to full system compromise.
💻 Affected Systems
- Adobe Framemaker
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete system takeover with the current user's privileges, allowing installation of malware, data theft, or ransomware deployment.
Likely Case
Malicious code execution leading to credential theft, data exfiltration, or lateral movement within the network.
If Mitigated
No impact if users only open trusted files from verified sources and proper endpoint protection is in place.
🎯 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 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 Framemaker. 2. Go to Help > Check for Updates. 3. Follow prompts to install latest version. 4. Restart Framemaker after installation completes.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict file opening
allConfigure Framemaker to only open files from trusted locations or block untrusted file types
Application control
allUse application whitelisting to prevent execution of malicious payloads
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict user training about opening only trusted files
- Deploy endpoint detection and response (EDR) to monitor for suspicious file execution
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Framemaker version in Help > About Framemaker. If version is 2020.8 or earlier, or 2022.6 or earlier, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
On Windows: wmic product where name="Adobe Framemaker" get version
On macOS: /Applications/Adobe\ Framemaker\ 2022/Adobe\ Framemaker\ 2022.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe\ Framemaker\ 2022 --versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify version is 2020.9 or later for 2020 branch, or 2022.7 or later for 2022 branch.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected Framemaker crashes
- Suspicious file opens from untrusted sources
- Unusual process spawning from Framemaker
Network Indicators:
- Outbound connections from Framemaker to unknown IPs
- DNS requests to suspicious domains after file open
SIEM Query:
source="*framemaker*" AND (event_type="crash" OR process_execution="*cmd*" OR network_connection="*unknown*")