Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application up to 4.4.1.298 Certificate Validation certificate validation

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application up to 4.4.1.298 (Cloud Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Certificate Validation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 4.4.1.298 and earlier have an exploitable Improper certificate validation vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to a security bypass.

The bug was discovered 05/08/2018. The weakness was presented 05/08/2018 by Cyril Vallicari (ryan) with Tencent (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Adobe. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-4991 since 01/03/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1587.003 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109729 (Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop < 4.5.0.331 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-12)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370935 (Adobe Security Update for Creative Cloud Desktop (APSB18-12)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (109729) and SecurityFocus (BID 104103†). See VDB-118008 and VDB-118034 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Nessus ID: 109729
Nessus Name: Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop < 4.5.0.331 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-12)
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OpenVAS ID: 64028
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Creative Cloud Security Updates APSB18-12 (Mac OS X)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Researcher: Cyril Vallicari (ryan)
Organization: Tencent
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-4991 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4991
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118033
SecurityFocus: 104103 - Adobe Creative Cloud APSB18-12 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040860

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Created: 05/20/2018 10:51 AM
Updated: 03/14/2023 01:45 PM
Changes: 05/20/2018 10:51 AM (73), 02/07/2020 03:15 PM (8), 03/14/2023 01:45 PM (4)
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