Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application up to 5.1 link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application up to 5.1. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to link following. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-9670. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application up to 5.1 (Cloud Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a symlink vulnerability vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

The weakness was presented 07/17/2020 as APSB20-33 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-9670 since 03/02/2020. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/23/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209461 (Adobe Creative Cloud < 5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB20-33)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209461). See VDB-158737, VDB-158739 and VDB-158742 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 209461
Nessus Name: Adobe Creative Cloud < 5.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB20-33)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/02/2020 🔍
07/17/2020 +137 days 🔍
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05/05/2025 +1753 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: APSB20-33
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-9670 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9670
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-158738
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/17/2020 12:34
Updated: 05/05/2025 11:04
Changes: 07/17/2020 12:34 (39), 07/17/2020 12:39 (18), 11/04/2020 13:19 (1), 10/23/2024 20:53 (17), 05/05/2025 11:04 (3)
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