Adobe's APSB26-170 bulletin patches 16 vulnerabilities in Substance 3D Stager 3.1.8 and earlier, including 14 rated 7.8 (High) that can lead to arbitrary code execution when a user opens a malicious file, plus two medium-severity issues.
Correction (Oct 14): An earlier version said Adobe patched 11 high-severity flaws in Substance 3D Stager. APSB26-170 fixes 16 vulnerabilities total: 14 rated 7.8 (High) and two medium-severity issues.
Successful exploitation grants code execution in the context of the current user.
Adobe rates the update priority 3 and says it is not aware of exploits in the wild.
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