Adobe Animate 22.x < 22.0.10 / 23.x < 23.0.2 A Vulnerability (APSB23-36)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177267

Synopsis

Adobe Animate installed on remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of Adobe Animate installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 22.0.10 or 23.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the apsb23-36 advisory.

- Adobe Animate versions 22.0.9 (and earlier) and 23.0.1 (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-2023-29321)

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 Animate version 22.0.10 or 23.0.2 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb23-36.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177267

File Name: macos_adobe_animate_apsb23-36.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 6/13/2023

Updated: 10/21/2024

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-2023-29321

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: 6/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29321

CWE: 416

IAVA: 2023-A-0289-S