CVE-2020-24419 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

Status: Analyzed - Last modified: 29 Oct 2020, 18:17 UTC Published: 21 Oct 2020, 21:15 UTC

CVE-2020-24419
Vulnerability Scoring

7.8
/10

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low Impact
  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Privileges Required: None
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • User Interaction: REQUIRED

CIA Impact Definition

  • Confidentiality: HIGH IMPACT
  • Integrity: HIGH IMPACT
  • Availability: HIGH IMPACT

CVE-2020-24419 Vulnerability Summary

Adobe After Effects version 17.1.1 (and earlier) for Windows is affected by an uncontrolled search path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Access Complexity Graph

Above is the Access Complexity Graph for CVE-2020-24419. It helps visualize the difficulty level and privilege requirements needed to exploit this vulnerability, providing a quick assessment of its exploitation feasibility.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2020-24419, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2020-24419, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.235% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 61.72% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 38.28% of others.

CVE-2020-24419 Detailed Information and External References

References

CWE

CWE-427

CAPEC

  • Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths CAPEC-38 This pattern of attack sees an adversary load a malicious resource into a program's standard path so that when a known command is executed then the system instead executes the malicious component. The adversary can either modify the search path a program uses, like a PATH variable or classpath, or they can manipulate resources on the path to point to their malicious components. J2EE applications and other component based applications that are built from multiple binaries can have very long list of dependencies to execute. If one of these libraries and/or references is controllable by the attacker then application controls can be circumvented by the attacker.
  • Search Order Hijacking CAPEC-471 An adversary exploits a weakness in an application's specification of external libraries to exploit the functionality of the loader where the process loading the library searches first in the same directory in which the process binary resides and then in other directories. Exploitation of this preferential search order can allow an attacker to make the loading process load the adversary's rogue library rather than the legitimate library. This attack can be leveraged with many different libraries and with many different loading processes. No forensic trails are left in the system's registry or file system that an incorrect library had been loaded.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:16.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:16.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:17.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:17.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:17.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:after_effects:17.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS3 Source

nvd@nist.gov

CVSS3 Type

Primary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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