📄 Description (English)
After Effects versions 25.6 and earlier are affected by an out-of-bounds write 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 out-of-bounds write vulnerability (CVE-2026-21327) that could enable arbitrary code execution with user privileges. The vulnerability requires user interaction through opening a malicious file, making it a significant risk for creative professionals and organizations using After Effects. A patch is available and should be deployed immediately to prevent potential compromise of systems handling sensitive media content.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 28, 2026 17:08
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi organizations in media production, broadcasting (Saudi Media Authority), advertising agencies, and government communications departments using After Effects are at risk. The vulnerability could compromise creative assets, intellectual property, and potentially introduce malware into organizational networks. Government entities, particularly those under NCA oversight, and private sector media companies face elevated risk due to the requirement for user interaction—a common attack vector in spear-phishing campaigns targeting Saudi professionals.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Media and Broadcasting
Government Communications
Advertising and Marketing
Film and Entertainment Production
Education and Training
Corporate Communications
🎯 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 file opening from untrusted sources until patching is complete
- Educate users about not opening suspicious .aep, .aet, or related project files from unknown senders
2. PATCHING GUIDANCE:
- Update Adobe After Effects to version 25.7 or later immediately
- Verify patch deployment across all workstations and render farm systems
- Test patches in non-production environments first to ensure compatibility with existing projects
3. COMPENSATING CONTROLS (if immediate patching not possible):
- Implement application whitelisting to restrict After Effects execution
- Use file integrity monitoring on project directories
- Disable file opening from network shares and email attachments
- Run After Effects in isolated virtual machines for untrusted content
4. DETECTION RULES:
- Monitor for After Effects process spawning unexpected child processes (cmd.exe, powershell.exe, etc.)
- Alert on unusual file write operations in system directories from After Effects process
- Track failed and successful After Effects file open attempts from email or network sources
- Monitor for After Effects crashes followed by suspicious process execution
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
1. الإجراءات الفورية:
- تحديد جميع الأنظمة التي تقوم بتشغيل Adobe After Effects الإصدار 25.6 والإصدارات الأقدم
- تقييد فتح الملفات من مصادر غير موثوقة حتى يتم إكمال التصحيح
- تثقيف المستخدمين حول عدم فتح ملفات المشاريع المريبة من مرسلين مجهولين
2. إرشادات التصحيح:
- تحديث Adobe After Effects إلى الإصدار 25.7 أو أحدث فوراً
- التحقق من نشر التصحيح عبر جميع محطات العمل وأنظمة المزارع
- اختبار التصحيحات في بيئات غير الإنتاج أولاً للتأكد من التوافق
3. الضوابط البديلة (إذا لم يكن التصحيح الفوري ممكناً):
- تطبيق قائمة بيضاء للتطبيقات لتقييد تنفيذ After Effects
- استخدام مراقبة سلامة الملفات على مجلدات المشاريع
- تعطيل فتح الملفات من مشاركات الشبكة والبريد الإلكتروني
- تشغيل After Effects في آلات افتراضية معزولة للمحتوى غير الموثوق
4. قواعد الكشف:
- مراقبة عمليات After Effects التي تولد عمليات فرعية غير متوقعة
- تنبيهات على عمليات الكتابة غير العادية في مجلدات النظام
- تتبع محاولات فتح الملفات من البريد الإلكتروني والمصادر الشبكية
- مراقبة أعطال After Effects متبوعة بتنفيذ عمليات مريبة
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities
ECC 2024 A.14.2.1 - Secure development policy
ECC 2024 A.12.2.1 - Monitoring and logging of user activities
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.RA-1 - Asset management and vulnerability identification
PR.IP-12 - Software development and change management
DE.CM-1 - Detection and analysis of anomalies
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities
A.14.2.1 - Secure development, acceptance and change management
A.12.4.1 - Event logging
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
adobe:after_effects