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Adobe After Effects < 22.6.4 / 23.0 < 23.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB23-02) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183100

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Adobe After Effects installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 22.6.4, 23.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the APSB23-02 advisory.

 - After Affects versions 23.1 (and earlier), 22.6.3 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Input Validation 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-2023-22239)

 - After Affects versions 23.1 (and earlier), 22.6.3 (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 file. (CVE-2023-22233)

 - After Affects versions 23.1 (and earlier), 22.6.3 (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-2023-22237, CVE-2023-22238)

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 After Effects version 22.6.4, 23.2 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/after_effects/apsb23-02.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183100

File Name: macos_adobe_after_effects_apsb23-02.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/16/2023

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-2023-22239

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:after_effects

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22233, CVE-2023-22237, CVE-2023-22238, CVE-2023-22239

CWE: 125, 20, 787