CVE-2024-47410 Overview
CVE-2024-47410 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Animate versions 23.0.7, 24.0.4, and earlier. The flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user when a victim opens a crafted malicious file. The weakness is categorized under [CWE-121] Stack-based Buffer Overflow and [CWE-787] Out-of-bounds Write. Adobe published fixes in security advisory APSB24-76. Exploitation requires user interaction, which limits mass exploitation but remains viable through phishing and social engineering delivery of malicious project files.
Critical Impact
Successful exploitation results in arbitrary code execution under the privileges of the user running Adobe Animate.
Affected Products
- Adobe Animate 23.0.7 and earlier
- Adobe Animate 24.0.4 and earlier
- Apple macOS and Microsoft Windows installations of the affected Animate builds
Discovery Timeline
- 2024-10-09 - CVE-2024-47410 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2024-47410
Vulnerability Analysis
The vulnerability is a stack-based buffer overflow triggered while Adobe Animate parses a malformed project or asset file. Animate writes attacker-controlled data past the bounds of a fixed-size stack buffer, corrupting adjacent stack memory such as saved return addresses and frame pointers. An attacker who controls the overflow contents can redirect execution to shellcode or a return-oriented programming chain, achieving arbitrary code execution in the user's security context. Because Animate runs with the interactive user's privileges, code execution inherits access to the user's files, credentials in memory, and network resources. The attack vector is local and requires the victim to open the malicious file.
Root Cause
The root cause is missing or insufficient bounds checking during the parsing of untrusted file structures. Fields controlling copy length or element count are trusted from the file, and the resulting write operation exceeds the destination stack buffer. This matches both [CWE-121] Stack-based Buffer Overflow and [CWE-787] Out-of-bounds Write.
Attack Vector
An attacker crafts a malicious Animate file and delivers it through phishing email, a compromised web download, or a shared collaboration channel. When the user opens the file in a vulnerable Animate version, the parser triggers the overflow and executes attacker code. No network exposure or authentication bypass is required beyond convincing the user to open the file. See the Adobe Security Advisory APSB24-76 for vendor technical details.
Detection Methods for CVE-2024-47410
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected child processes spawned by Animate.exe on Windows or Adobe Animate on macOS, particularly command shells, powershell.exe, or scripting hosts
- Adobe Animate process crashes with access violation exceptions correlated to opening a specific file
- Animate project files (.fla, .xfl) received from untrusted sources or with anomalous file structure
- Outbound network connections originating from the Animate process to unknown hosts shortly after file open
Detection Strategies
- Monitor process ancestry for Adobe Animate spawning interpreters, LOLBins, or persistence-related binaries
- Alert on Animate process crashes followed by new process creation from the same user session
- Inspect email and file-sharing gateways for Animate project files delivered from external senders
Monitoring Recommendations
- Enable command-line and process creation logging on endpoints running Adobe Animate
- Correlate file-open events for Animate documents with subsequent module loads and network activity
- Track installed Adobe Animate versions across the fleet to identify unpatched hosts
How to Mitigate CVE-2024-47410
Immediate Actions Required
- Update Adobe Animate to the fixed versions listed in Adobe Security Advisory APSB24-76
- Inventory endpoints running Animate 23.0.7, 24.0.4, and earlier, and prioritize creative and design workstations for patching
- Instruct users not to open Animate files received from untrusted or unverified sources
Patch Information
Adobe released fixed versions of Animate 2023 and Animate 2024 in advisory APSB24-76. Administrators should apply the vendor-provided updates through the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application or enterprise deployment tooling. Confirm the installed build number after update to verify remediation.
Workarounds
- Restrict opening of Animate project files to those sourced from trusted internal repositories
- Run Adobe Animate under standard user accounts, never with administrative privileges, to limit post-exploitation impact
- Use email and web gateway policies to block or quarantine Animate file attachments from external senders until patching is complete
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