# CVE-2024-41865: Adobe Dimension Untrusted Search Path lead to load malicious DLL swift.dll

> An attacker can execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious DLL in the application's search path, requiring user interaction to trigger.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 16 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x79w-hpfq-wj44

## What is CVE-2024-41865?

CVE-2024-41865 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Dimension, published on 14 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Dimension versions 3.4.11 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by inserting a malicious file into the search path, which the application might execute instead of the legitimate file. This could occur if the application uses a search path to locate executables or libraries. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

Weakness: CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41865?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Adobe Dimension.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41865?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-41865 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-41865 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41865 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Dimension

- [CVE-2025-61798](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-61798/): Dimension | Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-61799](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-61799/): Dimension | Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-61800](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-61800/): Dimension | Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-61801](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-61801/): Dimension | Use After Free (CWE-416) (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-30312](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30312/): Dimension | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41865 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41865 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Dimension, published on 14 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41865 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Adobe Dimension. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41865/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41865/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41865
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41865
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41865

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41865/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.