Very serious bug - Animate deletes entire user folder that it can't access without warning

I have recently purchased a new MacBook Pro running Mac OS 10.15. Having freshly installed Creative Cloud on this Mac, and because of the increased security in Catalina, I am often asked to allow access to certain folders as applications try to access them for the first time.

Today, I ran Animate for the first time to do a simple task - export an existing file as a mp4 movie. Animate had not previously been granted access to any folders as this was the first time I'd opened on this Mac since install.

The result of my export attempt was for Animate to entirely delete the contents of my Desktop folder with no warning, and all while it supposedly had no access to that folder! 

Steps to reproduce the issue are below (warning - make sure you have a backup of your files) and I've attached a video of it happening. This is 100% reproducible on my machine. 

Steps to reproduce bug:
1. On Mac OS 10.15, open System Preferences -> Security and Privacy -> Privacy -> Files and Folders
2. Check that Animate does not have access to the Desktop folder (uncheck access box if it does)
3. Open existing file in Animate
4. Choose Export -> Export Video/Media
5. Ensure path to export file is on current users Desktop
6. Click Export
7. Error dialog appears due to access restriction asking user to check if destination is locked etc
8. Click OK

Results:

Entire contents of the Desktop folder are deleted without warning. They are not in the Trash, they are totally deleted.

I have (obviously) logged a bug report. Posting here so others don't lose their data.