Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop < 4.6.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (APSB18-32)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 112191

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.6.1. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability as noted in the APSB18-32 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 4.6.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 112191

File Name: adobe_creative_cloud_4_6_1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/30/2018

Updated: 11/4/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12829

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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: 8/28/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12829

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