Adobe Substance3D Modeler up to 1.22.0 uncontrolled search path

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe Substance3D Modeler up to 1.22.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-49571. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Substance3D Modeler up to 1.22.0. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Substance3D - Modeler versions 1.22.0 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 uses an uncontrolled search path to locate critical resources such as programs, an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted application would then execute. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-49571 since 06/06/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 250273 (Adobe Substance 3D Modeler 1.22.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB25-76)), 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 (250273). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Substance3D Modeler

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
• 1.22.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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