Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application up to 4.6.0 Certificate Validation certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application up to 4.6.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Certificate Validation Handler. Such manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-12829. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application up to 4.6.0 (Cloud Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Certificate Validation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 4.6.1 has an improper certificate validation vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

The bug was discovered 08/28/2018. The weakness was presented 08/28/2018 as APSB18-32 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-12829 since 06/25/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of 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 T1587.003.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 112191 (Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop < 4.6.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (APSB18-32)), 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 371161 (Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application privilege escalation Vulnerability (APSB18-32)).

Upgrading to version 4.6.1 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 (112191) and SecurityFocus (BID 105158†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Nessus ID: 112191
Nessus Name: Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop < 4.6.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (APSB18-32)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Creative Cloud Desktop Application 4.6.1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB18-32
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-12829 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12829
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-123368
SecurityFocus: 105158 - Adobe Creative Cloud CVE-2018-12829 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1041600

Entryinfo

Created: 08/30/2018 08:10
Updated: 05/06/2023 08:58
Changes: 08/30/2018 08:10 (75), 03/19/2020 10:25 (4), 05/06/2023 08:58 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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