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Adobe Animate 20.x < 20.0.0 A Vulnerability (APSB19-34)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209487

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 20.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the apsb19-34 advisory.

 - Adobe Animate CC versions 19.2.1 and earlier have an insecure library loading (dll hijacking) vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation. (CVE-2019-7960)

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 20.0.0 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/animate/apsb19-34.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 209487

File Name: macos_adobe_animate_apsb19-34.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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-7960

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:animate

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-7960