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Adobe Photoshop 22.x < 22.1.1 Vulnerability (macOS APSB21-01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145014

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Adobe Photoshop installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 22.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the apsb21-01 advisory.

 - Adobe Photoshop version 22.1 (and earlier) is affected by a heap buffer overflow vulnerability when handling a specially crafted font file. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
 Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
 (CVE-2021-21006)

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 22.1.1 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb21-01.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145014

File Name: macos_adobe_photoshop_apsb21-01.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 1/15/2021

Updated: 10/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

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-2021-21006

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:photoshop

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21006

IAVA: 2021-A-0013-S