Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.21 improper authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.21. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes improper authorization. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-43729. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.21. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.21 and earlier are affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-43729 since 08/15/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212264 (Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.0 < 6.5.22 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB24-69)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (212264). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Experience Manager

Version

• 6.5.0
• 6.5.1
• 6.5.2
• 6.5.3
• 6.5.4
• 6.5.5
• 6.5.6
• 6.5.7
• 6.5.8
• 6.5.9
• 6.5.10
• 6.5.11
• 6.5.12
• 6.5.13
• 6.5.14
• 6.5.15
• 6.5.16
• 6.5.17
• 6.5.18
• 6.5.19
• 6.5.20
• 6.5.21

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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