Zero-Day Advisory

Fortinet Discovers Adobe Illustrator Arbitary Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered an arbitary code execution vulnerability in Adobe Illustrator.

Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems for macOS and Windows.

An arbitary code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Illustrator by FortiGuard Labs. The vulnerability is caused by a crafted Adobe Illustrator Artwork "DWG" file which causes an out-of-bounds memory access. It could allow malicious users to create arbitary code execution scenarios.

Solutions

FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:

Adobe.Illustrator.CVE-2021-40746.Arbitrary.Code.Execution
Released Oct 04, 2021

Users should apply the solution provided by Adobe.

Timeline

Fortinet reported the vulnerability to Adobe on August 06, 2021.

Adobe confirmed the vulnerability on August 09, 2021.

Adobe patched the vulnerability on October 26, 2021.

References

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/illustrator/apsb21-98.html
• CVE-2021-40746

Acknowledgement

This vulnerability was discovered by Yonghui Han of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.

IPS Subscription

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