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Adobe Creative Cloud: Execution of scripts via bundled node.exe

The node.exe binary bundled with Adobe Creative Cloud can be used to execute scripts. A detection rule is available to identify instances where node.exe executes files located outside of the Adobe Creative Cloud Experience JavaScript directory.

Triage facts

Revision 1
Evidence
Unknown
Severity
Medium
Sources
2 public sources
Freshness
Revision 1Nov 10, 03:02 UTC
Detection
1 rule
Source quality
A2Roughly even chance

Adobe Creative Cloud installations include a bundled node.exe binary. This binary can be used to execute scripts.

Detection

The following Sigma rule detects the execution of scripts by the Adobe Creative Cloud bundled node.exe when the script path is not located within the Adobe Creative Cloud Experience JavaScript resource directory.

Detection coverage 1

Node Process Executions

medium
sigma sources: process_creation, windows

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