📄 Description (English)
After Effects versions 25.6 and earlier are affected by an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
Adobe After Effects versions 25.6 and earlier contain an integer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-21321) that could enable arbitrary code execution when users open malicious files. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this poses a significant risk to creative professionals and organizations using After Effects for video production and motion graphics. A patch is available and should be deployed promptly to mitigate exploitation risks.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 28, 2026 14:10
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi organizations in media production, advertising agencies, government media departments, and educational institutions using After Effects are at risk. The vulnerability primarily affects creative professionals in the Kingdom's growing digital media sector, including production houses supporting Saudi Vision 2030 initiatives, government communications entities under MCIT oversight, and universities with media programs. Broadcasting organizations and content creators for Saudi entertainment platforms face potential compromise of their systems and intellectual property theft.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Media and Broadcasting
Advertising and Marketing
Government Communications
Education and Universities
Entertainment and Content Creation
Digital Media Production
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
7.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
1. IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
- Identify all systems running Adobe After Effects versions 25.6 and earlier
- Restrict user access to opening files from untrusted sources until patching is complete
- Educate users not to open After Effects project files (.aep, .aepx) from unknown senders
2. PATCHING GUIDANCE:
- Update Adobe After Effects to version 25.7 or later immediately
- Use Adobe Creative Cloud auto-update feature or manual download from adobe.com
- Verify patch installation by checking Help > About After Effects
3. COMPENSATING CONTROLS (if immediate patching not possible):
- Implement application whitelisting to restrict After Effects execution
- Use file integrity monitoring on project files
- Disable After Effects file associations for untrusted file sources
- Monitor process execution for suspicious After Effects child processes
4. DETECTION RULES:
- Monitor for After Effects processes spawning cmd.exe, powershell.exe, or other shells
- Alert on After Effects accessing unusual registry keys or system directories
- Track failed and successful After Effects file open attempts from email attachments
- Monitor for unexpected network connections initiated by After Effects process
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
1. الإجراءات الفورية:
- تحديد جميع الأنظمة التي تقوم بتشغيل Adobe After Effects الإصدارات 25.6 والإصدارات الأقدم
- تقييد وصول المستخدمين إلى فتح الملفات من مصادر غير موثوقة حتى اكتمال التصحيح
- تثقيف المستخدمين بعدم فتح ملفات مشاريع After Effects من مرسلين مجهولين
2. إرشادات التصحيح:
- تحديث Adobe After Effects إلى الإصدار 25.7 أو أحدث فوراً
- استخدام ميزة التحديث التلقائي لـ Adobe Creative Cloud أو التنزيل اليدوي من adobe.com
- التحقق من تثبيت التصحيح عبر Help > About After Effects
3. الضوابط البديلة (إذا لم يكن التصحيح الفوري ممكناً):
- تطبيق قائمة بيضاء للتطبيقات لتقييد تنفيذ After Effects
- استخدام مراقبة سلامة الملفات على ملفات المشروع
- تعطيل ارتباطات ملفات After Effects للمصادر غير الموثوقة
- مراقبة تنفيذ العمليات للعمليات الفرعية المريبة لـ After Effects
4. قواعد الكشف:
- مراقبة عمليات After Effects التي تولد cmd.exe أو powershell.exe أو أوامر أخرى
- تنبيه عند وصول After Effects إلى مفاتيح تسجيل غير عادية أو مجلدات النظام
- تتبع محاولات فتح ملفات After Effects الفاشلة والناجحة من مرفقات البريد الإلكتروني
- مراقبة الاتصالات الشبكية غير المتوقعة التي يبدأها عملية After Effects
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.5.1.1 - Information Security Policies and Procedures
ECC 2024 A.6.1.1 - Organization of Information Security
ECC 2024 A.12.3.1 - Segregation of Duties
ECC 2024 A.14.2.1 - Secure Development Policy
🔵 SAMA CSF
SAMA CSF ID.BE-1 - Business Environment
SAMA CSF PR.IP-12 - Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity
SAMA CSF DE.CM-8 - Vulnerability Scans
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
ISO 27001:2022 A.5.1 - Policies for Information Security
ISO 27001:2022 A.8.1 - User Endpoint Devices
ISO 27001:2022 A.12.6 - Change Management
ISO 27001:2022 A.14.2 - Secure Development
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
adobe:after_effects