The version of Adobe After Effects installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 18.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the APSB21-33 advisory.

  - After Effects version 18.0 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could     result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires     user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-28586)

  - Adobe After Effects version 18.1 (and earlier) is affected by a potential Command injection vulnerability     when chained with a development and debugging tool for JavaScript scripts. An unauthenticated attacker     could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
    Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
    (CVE-2021-28571)

  - After Effects versions 18.0 (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-2021-28587)

  - Adobe After Effects version 18.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path element     vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to to plant custom binaries and execute them     with System permissions. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction. (CVE-2021-28570)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Detections

Analytics

Adobe After Effects < 18.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB21-33) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209496

Version 1.2