Adobe Substance3D up to 1.21.0 uncontrolled search path

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Substance3D up to 1.21.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-43553. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Adobe Substance3D up to 1.21.0. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Substance3D - Modeler versions 1.21.0 and earlier are affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. If the application relies on a search path to locate critical resources such as libraries or executables, an attacker could manipulate the search path to load a malicious resource, potentially executing arbitrary code. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-43553 since 04/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 236833 (Adobe Substance 3D Modeler 1.22.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB25-51)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (236833). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Substance3D

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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