Adobe Creative Cloud < 4.8.0.410 Privilege Escalation (APSB19-11)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209451

Synopsis

The Adobe Creative Cloud instance installed on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of Adobe Creative Cloud installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.8.0.410. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the APSB19-11 advisory.

- Creative Cloud Desktop Application (installer) versions 4.7.0.400 and earlier have an insecure library loading (dll hijacking) vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.
(CVE-2019-7093)

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 Creative Cloud version 4.8.0.410 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3f7a8451

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 209451

File Name: adobe_creative_cloud_apsb19-11.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/21/2024

Updated: 10/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-7093

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:creative_cloud

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Creative Cloud

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-7093