Adobe Photoshop 21.x < 21.2.11 / 22.x < 22.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS APSB21-68)

high Nessus Plugin ID 152629

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 21.2.11/22.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the apsb21-68 advisory.

- Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.10 (and earlier) and 22.4.3 (and earlier) are affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability that could result in 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-2021-36065)

- Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.10 (and earlier) and 22.4.3 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in 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-2021-36066)

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 21.2.11/22.5 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb21-68.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 152629

File Name: macos_adobe_photoshop_apsb21-68.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 8/17/2021

Updated: 10/21/2024

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-2021-36066

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: installed_sw/Adobe Photoshop, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-36065, CVE-2021-36066

CWE: 122, 787

IAVA: 2021-A-0383-S