Adobe Patches Dozens of RCE Flaws Across Product Line
Adobe released fixes for over 130 vulnerabilities in AEM, ColdFusion, Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, Commerce, Acrobat/Reader, and Campaign Classic, several allowing arbitrary code execution.
MS-ISAC issued an advisory covering a large batch of vulnerabilities across the Adobe product portfolio, including Adobe Experience Manager, ColdFusion, Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, Commerce/Magento, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader, and Campaign Classic. The most severe issues include eval/code injection in ColdFusion and Animate, OS command injection in Campaign Classic, SQL injection in ColdFusion, and a large number of memory-corruption bugs (heap/out-of-bounds writes, use-after-free, double-free, type confusion, integer overflows) in Acrobat Reader and Photoshop that could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the logged-on user. Adobe Commerce and Magento are affected by multiple authorization bypass and path traversal issues, while AEM carries a large volume of stored and DOM-based XSS findings alongside an authorization flaw.
There are no current reports of in-the-wild exploitation for any of these vulnerabilities. Given the breadth of affected products — spanning enterprise CMS/e-commerce platforms, a web application server, and widely deployed desktop creative and PDF software — organizations should prioritize patching based on internet exposure and privilege level of affected user accounts. Standard mitigations include prompt patching, least-privilege enforcement, application allowlisting, and anti-exploitation controls, as outlined in Adobe's and MS-ISAC's recommendations.
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Detection guidance
ColdFusion Eval/Code Injection Exploitation
Detects ColdFusion process executing with cfexecute or eval-like patterns in command line or spawning cmd.exe/powershell.exe unexpectedly from cfusion.exe parent. Auto-generated starting point — validate and tune in your environment before deploying. IOC matches can false-positive on shared infrastructure and decay as adversary infrastructure rotates.
title: ColdFusion Eval/Code Injection Exploitation
description: 'Detects exploitation of ColdFusion eval/code injection vulnerabilities:
cfusion.exe spawning cmd.exe, powershell.exe, or containing eval/execute directives
in command line. Targets RCE achieved through injected CFML code execution.'
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.t1203
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_cfusion_child_shell:
ParentImage|endswith:
- \cfusion.exe
- \cfusions.exe
Image|endswith:
- \cmd.exe
- \powershell.exe
- \pwsh.exe
selection_cfusion_eval:
ParentImage|endswith:
- \cfusion.exe
- \cfusions.exe
CommandLine|contains:
- eval(
- execute(
- cfexecute
filter_admin_maint:
User|contains:
- SYSTEM
- LOCAL SERVICE
condition: (selection_cfusion_child_shell or selection_cfusion_eval) and not filter_admin_maint
falsepositives:
- ColdFusion developer debugging or legitimate admin scripting via CFML tags
- Enterprise scheduled reports that invoke OS commands via cfexecute (rare in prod)
level: high
id: b123db6d-9182-5fcf-acbc-ee5365ea8cf9
status: experimental
author: Vorant
Adobe Campaign Classic OS Command Injection
Detects Campaign Classic process spawning shell or command-line interpreter with shell metacharacters or system command patterns in arguments. Auto-generated starting point — validate and tune in your environment before deploying. IOC matches can false-positive on shared infrastructure and decay as adversary infrastructure rotates.
title: Adobe Campaign Classic OS Command Injection
description: 'Detects exploitation of OS command injection in Adobe Campaign Classic:
nlserver or Campaign processes spawning cmd.exe, bash, or sh with suspicious command-line
arguments containing shell metacharacters (pipes, redirects, semicolons, backticks).'
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.t1203
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_campaign_parent:
ParentImage|endswith:
- \nlserver.exe
- \campaign.exe
selection_shell_child:
Image|endswith:
- \cmd.exe
- \powershell.exe
- \bash.exe
- \sh.exe
selection_shell_args:
CommandLine|contains:
- '|'
- '&'
- ;
- '`'
- $(\
- '>'
- <
filter_legit_workflow:
CommandLine|contains:
- /c echo
- /c ipconfig
condition: selection_campaign_parent and selection_shell_child and selection_shell_args
and not filter_legit_workflow
falsepositives:
- Campaign Classic system tasks that legitimately invoke OS commands for reporting
or log rotation
level: high
id: 0b6e280b-6bdb-56d8-aeec-b3e59694ed17
status: experimental
author: Vorant
Adobe Acrobat/Reader Memory Corruption RCE via Exploit Code
Detects Acrobat/Reader process crashing or spawning child processes indicative of exploited memory corruption bugs (crash handlers, exception code paths). Auto-generated starting point — validate and tune in your environment before deploying. IOC matches can false-positive on shared infrastructure and decay as adversary infrastructure rotates.
title: Adobe Acrobat/Reader Memory Corruption RCE
description: 'Detects potential exploitation of memory-corruption vulnerabilities
(heap overflow, use-after-free, type confusion, integer overflow) in Adobe Acrobat
or Reader: spawning cmd.exe/powershell.exe from AcroRd32.exe or Acrobat.exe, or
accessing suspicious registry/file paths consistent with post-exploitation code
execution.'
tags:
- attack.execution
- attack.t1203
logsource:
category: process_creation
product: windows
detection:
selection_adobe_parent:
ParentImage|endswith:
- \AcroRd32.exe
- \Acrobat.exe
- \AdobeApp.exe
selection_shell_child:
Image|endswith:
- \cmd.exe
- \powershell.exe
- \pwsh.exe
- \certutil.exe
- \bitsadmin.exe
filter_crash_reporter:
Image|endswith:
- \WerFault.exe
- \DbgReg.exe
condition: selection_adobe_parent and selection_shell_child and not filter_crash_reporter
falsepositives:
- PDF embedding legitimate launchers (e.g., Print to PDF workflows via cmd.exe)
- Acrobat plugins spawning utilities for embedded workflows
level: high
id: a8284087-345c-5ac6-ab82-5ca8fe2ebcb4
status: experimental
author: Vorant
Behavioural rules are generated from public reporting — validate in your environment before deploying.
Source reporting: https://www.cisecurity.org/advisory/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-adobe-products-could-allow-for-arbitrary-code-execution_2026-091
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