Adobe Premiere Pro < 15.4.3 / 22.0.0 < 22.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB21-117) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209473

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Adobe Premiere Pro installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 15.4.3, 22.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the APSB21-117 advisory.

- Adobe Premiere Pro versions 22.0 (and earlier) and 15.4.2 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-40795)

- Adobe Premiere Pro versions 22.0 (and earlier) and 15.4.2 (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-2021-40791, CVE-2021-42265, CVE-2021-43751)

- Adobe Premiere Pro versions 22.0 (and earlier) and 15.4.2 (and earlier) are affected by an Use-After-Free 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-2021-40790)

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 Premiere Pro version 15.4.3, 22.1.1 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/premiere_pro/apsb21-117.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 209473

File Name: macos_adobe_premiere_pro_apsb21-117.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/21/2024

Updated: 11/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2021-40795

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:premiere_pro, cpe:/a:adobe:premiere_pro_cc

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Adobe Premiere Pro

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-40790, CVE-2021-40791, CVE-2021-40795, CVE-2021-42265, CVE-2021-43751

CWE: 125, 416