Adobe Photoshop CC 18.x < 18.1.4 / CC 19.x < 19.1.4 Vulnerability (macOS APSB18-17)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109865

Synopsis

Adobe Photoshop installed on remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Adobe Photoshop CC installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 18.1.4/19.1.4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the apsb18-17 advisory.

- Adobe Photoshop CC versions 19.1.3 and earlier, 18.1.3 and earlier, and 18.1.2 and earlier have an Out-of- bounds write vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-4946)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Photoshop version 18.1.4/19.1.4 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb18-17.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109865

File Name: macos_adobe_photoshop_apsb18-17.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 5/17/2018

Updated: 10/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-4946

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:photoshop_cc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Adobe Photoshop

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-4946

BID: 104171