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Adobe Photoshop 21.x < 21.2.5 / 22.x < 22.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS APSB21-10)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146447

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Synopsis

Adobe Photoshop installed on remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Adobe Photoshop installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 21.2.5/22.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the apsb21-10 advisory.

 - Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.4 (and earlier) and 22.1.1 (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-21049, CVE-2021-21050)

 - Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.4 (and earlier) and 22.1.1 (and earlier) are affected by a Memory Corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file (CVE-2021-21048)

 - Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.4 (and earlier) and 22.1.1 (and earlier) are affected by a Buffer Overflow vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted javascript file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-21051)

 - Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.4 (and earlier) and 22.1.1 (and earlier) are affected by an Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-21047)

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 Photoshop version 21.2.5/22.2 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb21-10.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146447

File Name: macos_adobe_photoshop_apsb21-10.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 2/12/2021

Updated: 10/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2021-21051

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: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: 2/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21047, CVE-2021-21048, CVE-2021-21049, CVE-2021-21050, CVE-2021-21051

IAVA: 2021-A-0076-S