Detections
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Adobe Animate 22.x < 22.0.9 / 23.x < 23.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB23-15)
high Nessus Plugin ID 171458
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Synopsis
Adobe Animate installed on remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilitiesDescription
The version of Adobe Animate installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 22.0.9 or 23.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the apsb23-15 advisory.- Adobe Animate versions 22.0.8 (and earlier) and 23.0.0 (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-2023-22246)
- Adobe Animate versions 22.0.8 (and earlier) and 23.0.0 (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-2023-22236)
- Adobe Animate versions 22.0.8 (and earlier) and 23.0.0 (and earlier) are affected by a Stack-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-2023-22243)
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 Animate version 22.0.9 or 23.0.1 or later.See Also
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb23-15.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 171458
File Name: macos_adobe_animate_apsb23-15.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: macosx
Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks
Published: 2/14/2023
Updated: 11/20/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
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-2023-22246
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:animate
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Adobe Animate
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2023