Adobe Audition < 14.4.3 / 22.0.0 < 22.1.1 Multiple Privilege escalation (APSB21-121) (macOS)

low Nessus Plugin ID 181596

Synopsis

The Adobe Audition instance installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Adobe Audition installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 14.4.3, 22.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the APSB21-121 advisory.

- Adobe Audition versions 14.4 (and earlier), and 22.0 (and earlier)are affected by an out-of-bounds read 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 MP4 file. (CVE-2021-44698, CVE-2021-44699)

- Adobe Audition versions 14.4 (and earlier), and 22.0 (and earlier)are affected by an out-of-bounds read 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 MOV file. (CVE-2021-44697)

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 Audition version 14.4.3, 22.1.1 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/audition/apsb21-121.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 181596

File Name: macos_adobe_audition_apsb21-121.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 9/19/2023

Updated: 11/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44699

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:audition

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Adobe Audition, Host/MacOSX/Version, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44697, CVE-2021-44698, CVE-2021-44699

CWE: 125

IAVA: 2021-A-0587-S