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CVE-2022-38435

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-38435 is an Improper Input Validation vulnerability affecting Adobe Illustrator versions 26.4 (and earlier) and 25.4.7 (and earlier) on Windows and macOS. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows for arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user, requiring user interaction to open a malicious file. While the potential impact is significant, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or notable community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 25.4.7CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:illustrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 26.4CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:illustrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 26.0, <= 26.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:illustrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
26.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 25th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/illustrator/apsb22-56.html
Vendor Advisory