Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application up to 4.4.1.298 Unquoted Search Path unquoted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application up to 4.4.1.298. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of Unquoted Search Path results in unquoted search path. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-4873. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application up to 4.4.1.298 (Cloud Software). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of a Unquoted Search Path leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 4.4.1.298 and earlier have an exploitable Unquoted Search Path vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to local privilege escalation.

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 for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-4873 since 01/03/2018. The attack needs to be approached locally. A authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.009.

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-118033 and VDB-118034 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Unquoted search path
CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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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

CVE: CVE-2018-4873 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4873
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118008
SecurityFocus: 104103 - Adobe Creative Cloud APSB18-12 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040860

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/20/2018 10:43
Updated: 03/14/2023 12:29
Changes: 05/20/2018 10:43 (73), 02/07/2020 15:09 (8), 03/14/2023 12:29 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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