Adobe Photoshop CC 20.x < 20.0.10 / 21.x < 21.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS APSB20-45)

high Nessus Plugin ID 147620

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Adobe Photoshop CC or Photoshop installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 20.0.10/21.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the apsb20-45 advisory.

- Adobe Photoshop versions Photoshop CC 2019, and Photoshop 2020 have an out-of-bounds write vulnerability.
Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution . (CVE-2020-9684, CVE-2020-9685, CVE-2020-9687)

- Adobe Photoshop versions Photoshop CC 2019, and Photoshop 2020 have an out-of-bounds read vulnerability.
Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2020-9683, CVE-2020-9686)

- Security bypass potentially leading to Privilege Escalation (CVE-2020-9709)

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 20.0.10/21.2.1 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb20-45.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 147620

File Name: macos_adobe_photoshop_apsb20-45.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 3/10/2021

Updated: 11/20/2024

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-2020-9687

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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, cpe:/a:adobe:photoshop_cc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-9683, CVE-2020-9684, CVE-2020-9685, CVE-2020-9686, CVE-2020-9687, CVE-2020-9709