Adobe Creative Cloud < 5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB20-33)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 209461

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Adobe Creative Cloud installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 5.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the APSB20-33 advisory.

- Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a lack of exploit mitigations vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation. (CVE-2020-9669)

- Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have an insecure file permissions vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation. (CVE-2020-9671)

- Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a symlink vulnerability vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation. (CVE-2020-9670)

- Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a symlink vulnerability vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary file system write. (CVE-2020-9682)

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 Creative Cloud version 5.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4543dad2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 209461

File Name: adobe_creative_cloud_apsb20-33.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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-9682

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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: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: 7/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-9669, CVE-2020-9670, CVE-2020-9671, CVE-2020-9682