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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-36047

XMP Toolkit SDK version 2020.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted file.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:36 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-36047

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Sept 2021, 15:15 UTC

XMP Toolkit SDK version 2020.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted file.

osv:CVE-2021-36047
Complete source record
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