Overview
In the realm of cybersecurity, vulnerabilities are often lurking where we least expect them. The present case involves Adobe Framemaker, a popular desktop publishing software, which has been discovered to harbor a significant security flaw. This flaw, designated as CVE-2025-47130, affects versions 2020.8, 2022.6 and earlier. This vulnerability is an Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) anomaly that could permit arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
This vulnerability demands our attention not just because of its high severity score, but because it can be exploited to compromise a system or leak sensitive data. Furthermore, its exploitation requires user interaction, which means that an unsuspecting user may innocently open a malicious file, thereby triggering the exploit.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-47130
Severity: High (CVSS Score: 7.8)
Attack Vector: Local
Privileges Required: User
User Interaction: Required
Impact: System compromise or data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
Adobe Framemaker | 2020.8, 2022.6 and earlier
How the Exploit Works
The exploit revolves around an Integer Underflow vulnerability. This issue arises when an application tries to subtract from a value at its lower limit, causing it to wrap around to its upper limit. In the context of Adobe Framemaker, this error occurs when the software tries to manipulate certain file elements. By crafting a malicious Framemaker file that triggers this wraparound, an attacker can cause a buffer underflow. This in turn can lead to arbitrary code execution.
Conceptual Example Code
While it’s impossible to provide a real exploit due to ethical considerations, the below pseudocode conceptually illustrates how such an exploit might be structured:
# Pseudocode for exploit
def create_malicious_file():
file = FramemakerFile()
element = FramemakerElement()
# Trigger integer underflow
element.size = -1
file.add_element(element)
file.save("exploit.framemaker")
create_malicious_file()In this contrived example, we create a Framemaker file containing an element with a size that triggers an integer underflow when the file is opened in Adobe Framemaker.
