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Adobe Animate 16.x < 16.0.0.112 A Vulnerability (APSB16-38)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 209432

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 16.0.0.112. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the apsb16-38 advisory.

 - Adobe Animate versions 15.2.1.95 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability.
 Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2016-7866)

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 16.0.0.112 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb16-38.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 209432

File Name: macos_adobe_animate_apsb16-38.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/21/2024

Updated: 10/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7866

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7866