Adobe Media Encoder < 15.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB21-43)

high Nessus Plugin ID 152028

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Synopsis

The Adobe Media Encoder installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Adobe Media Encoder installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 15.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including the following:

- Out-of-bounds read vulnerability exploit that could lead to Arbitrary Code Execution (CVE-2021-28589, CVE-2021-28590, CVE-2021-36013)

- Improper Input Validation exploit that could lead to Arbitrary Code Execution (CVE-2021-36014)

- Buffer Overflow exploit that could lead to Arbitrary Code Execution (CVE-2021-36015)

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

Solution

Upgrade Adobe Media Encoder to version 15.4 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 152028

File Name: adobe_media_encoder_apsb21-43.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/23/2021

Updated: 8/26/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-36015

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:media_encoder

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Adobe Media Encoder

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28589, CVE-2021-28590, CVE-2021-36013, CVE-2021-36014, CVE-2021-36015, CVE-2021-36016

IAVA: 2021-A-0342-S

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