Adobe Animate 20.x < 20.5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB20-61)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141788

Synopsis

Adobe Animate installed on remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The version of Adobe Animate installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 20.5.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the apsb20-61 advisory.

- Adobe Animate version 20.5 (and earlier) is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability, which could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted .fla file in Animate. (CVE-2020-9750)

- Adobe Animate version 20.5 (and earlier) is affected by a double free vulnerability when parsing a crafted .fla file, which could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. This vulnerability requires user interaction to exploit. (CVE-2020-9747)

- Adobe Animate version 20.5 (and earlier) is affected by a stack overflow vulnerability, which could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted .fla file in Animate. (CVE-2020-9748)

- Adobe Animate version 20.5 (and earlier) is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted .fla file in Animate. (CVE-2020-9749)

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 Animate version 20.5.2 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb20-61.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141788

File Name: adobe_animate_apsb20-61.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/22/2020

Updated: 11/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-9750

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:animate

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Adobe Animate, SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-9747, CVE-2020-9748, CVE-2020-9749, CVE-2020-9750

IAVA: 2020-A-0480-S