Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop <= 4.5.0.324 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (APSB18-20)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111965

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop installed on the remote Windows host is 4.5.0.324 or earlier. It is, therefore, affected by a dll hijacking & privilege escalation vulnerability as noted in the APSB18-20 advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop version 4.5.5.342 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111965

File Name: adobe_creative_cloud_4_5_0_324.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/17/2018

Updated: 11/4/2019

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-2018-5003

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:creative_cloud

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Adobe Creative Cloud

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5003

BID: 105065

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