CVE-2024-49515 Substance3D - Painter | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
Attackers can execute arbitrary code by tricking users into opening malicious files that exploit untrusted search paths in Substance3D Painter.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-49515?
CVE-2024-49515 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Adobe Substance 3d Painter, published on 12 Nov 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
Substance3D - Painter versions 10.1.0 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, then an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted application would then execute. The problem extends to any type of critical resource that the application trusts. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Weakness: CWE-426
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49515?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Substance 3d Painter.
How do I fix CVE-2024-49515?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49515 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-49515 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49515 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Substance 3d Painter
- CVE-2026-34674 Substance3D - Sampler | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
- CVE-2026-75749 Substance3D - Painter | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
- CVE-2026-75750 Substance3D - Painter | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
- CVE-2026-75766 Substance3D - Painter | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
- CVE-2026-75767 Substance3D - Painter | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v428-c7m6-vqcx.