Adobe Photoshop 22.x < 22.5.8 / 23.x < 23.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS APSB22-35)

high Nessus Plugin ID 163029

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 22.5.8/23.4.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the apsb22-35 advisory.

- Adobe Photoshop versions 22.5.7 (and earlier) and 23.3.2 (and earlier) are affected by a Use After Free 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-2022-34243)

- Adobe Photoshop versions 22.5.7 (and earlier) and 23.3.2 (and earlier) are affected by an Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2022-34244)

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 22.5.8/23.4.1 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb22-35.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 163029

File Name: macos_adobe_photoshop_apsb22-35.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 7/12/2022

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: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-34243

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: 7/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-34243, CVE-2022-34244

CWE: 416, 824

IAVA: 2022-A-0274-S