{"id":82849,"date":"2025-10-15T06:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T06:38:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-21T03:54:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:54:43","slug":"cve-2025-54206-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-indesign-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54206-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-indesign-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-54206: Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in InDesign Desktop<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity landscape is perpetually evolving with new vulnerabilities surfacing, posing a significant threat to users and systems worldwide. One such vulnerability is the CVE-2025-54206, which affects Adobe&#8217;s InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 and earlier. This vulnerability is particularly concerning due to its potential to allow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-34195-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-vasion-print-virtual-appliance-host-and-application\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90133\">arbitrary code<\/a> execution in the context of the current user, contingent on the user opening a malicious file. This makes it a potent tool in the hands of adversaries, as it can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-59340-jinjava-template-engine-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-remote-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90402\">potentially lead<\/a> to system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-54206<br \/>\nSeverity: High (7.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54815-arbitrary-code-execution-via-server-side-template-injection-in-ppress-0-0-9\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90156\">Arbitrary code execution<\/a> leading to potential system compromise and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-482882241\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>InDesign Desktop | 20.4 and earlier<br \/>\nInDesign Desktop | 19.5.4 and earlier<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5042-out-of-bounds-read-vulnerability-in-autodesk-revit\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90547\">vulnerability stems from an out-of-bounds<\/a> write flaw in the affected versions of InDesign Desktop. An out-of-bounds write <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-10589-critical-os-command-injection-vulnerability-in-n-partner-s-software-suite\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90021\">vulnerability occurs when the software<\/a> writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This can corrupt data, crash the program, or lead to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58045-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-dataease\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90348\">execution of malicious code<\/a>.<br \/>\nIn the case of CVE-2025-54206, an attacker can craft a malicious file that, when opened by a victim in the affected software, exploits the out-of-bounds write <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-59360-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-chaos-controller-manager\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90089\">vulnerability to execute arbitrary code<\/a> in the context of the current user. This could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7848-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-ni-labview-potentially-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90458\">potentially compromise the system or lead<\/a> to data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1354541506\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The following pseudocode provides a conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># Creating a malicious file exploiting the out-of-bounds write vulnerability\necho &quot;malicious_payload&quot; &gt; malicious_file.indd\n# The malicious file is then sent to the victim, who opens it in an affected version of InDesign Desktop\nvictim@target:~$ open -a &quot;InDesign Desktop&quot; malicious_file.indd<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this scenario, the `malicious_payload` is crafted in such a way that it exploits the out-of-bounds write <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-10690-high-risk-unauthorized-file-upload-vulnerability-in-goza-nonprofit-charity-wordpress-theme\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90197\">vulnerability when the file<\/a> is opened in InDesign Desktop, leading to arbitrary code execution in the context of the victim&#8217;s user account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity landscape is perpetually evolving with new vulnerabilities surfacing, posing a significant threat to users and systems worldwide. One such vulnerability is the CVE-2025-54206, which affects Adobe&#8217;s InDesign Desktop versions 20.4, 19.5.4 and earlier. This vulnerability is particularly concerning due to its potential to allow arbitrary code execution in the context of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[86,80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-82849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-buffer-overflow","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82849"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83491,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82849\/revisions\/83491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82849"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=82849"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=82849"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=82849"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=82849"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=82849"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=82849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}