Adobe After Effects version 18.2.1 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

The version of Adobe After Effects installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 18.4.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the APSB21-54 advisory.

  - Adobe After Effects version 18.2.1 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability when     parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve     arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user     interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-35996, CVE-2021-36017)

  - Adobe After Effects version 18.2.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability when     parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to     disclose sensitive memory information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue     requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-36018)

  - Adobe After Effects version 18.2.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability when     parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to     disclose arbitrary memory information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue     requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-36019)

  - Adobe After Effects version 18.2.1 (and earlier) is affected by an out-of-bounds Write vulnerability when     parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve     arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user     interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-35993, CVE-2021-35994)

  - Adobe After Effects version 18.2.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Improper input validation vulnerability     when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to     disclose arbitrary memory information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue     requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-35995)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Adobe After Effects installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 18.4.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the APSB21-54 advisory.

  - Adobe After Effects version 18.2.1 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability when     parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve     arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user     interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-35996, CVE-2021-36017)

  - Adobe After Effects version 18.2.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability when     parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to     disclose sensitive memory information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue     requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-36018)

  - Adobe After Effects version 18.2.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability when     parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to     disclose arbitrary memory information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue     requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-36019)

  - Adobe After Effects version 18.2.1 (and earlier) is affected by an out-of-bounds Write vulnerability when     parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve     arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user     interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-35993, CVE-2021-35994)

  - Adobe After Effects version 18.2.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Improper input validation vulnerability     when parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to     disclose arbitrary memory information in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue     requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-35995)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
209408	Adobe After Effects < 18.4.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB21-54) (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	high
152044	Adobe After Effects < 18.4.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB21-54)	Nessus	Windows	Local	high

Detections

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CVE-2021-36017

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Tenable Plugins

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