Adobe RoboHelp 2020 < RH2020.0.4 Privilege Escalation (APSB21-20)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 148695

Synopsis

Adobe RoboHelp 2020 installed on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of Adobe RoboHelp 2020 installed on the remote host is prior to RH2020.0.4. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability as referenced in the apsb21-20 advisory. 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 RoboHelp 2020 version RH2020.0.4 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/robohelp/apsb21-20.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 148695

File Name: robohelp_apsb21-20.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/16/2021

Updated: 6/29/2021

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-2021-21070

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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:robohelp

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Adobe RoboHelp 2020

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21070

IAVB: 2021-B-0026