Adobe Character Animator 4.0.0 < 22.5.0 / 22.0 < 22.5 Multiple Arbitrary code execution (APSB22-34)

high Nessus Plugin ID 163034

Synopsis

The Adobe Character Animator instance installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Adobe Character Animator installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 22.5, 22.5.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the APSB22-34 advisory.

- Adobe Character Animator version 4.4.7 (and earlier) and 22.4 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of- bounds read vulnerability when parsing a crafted file, which could result in a read past the end of an allocated memory structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2022-34242)

- Adobe Character Animator version 4.4.7 (and earlier) and 22.4 (and earlier) are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in 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-2022-34241)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Character Animator version 22.5, 22.5.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d7ecdbab

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 163034

File Name: adobe_character_animator_apsb22-34.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/12/2022

Updated: 9/19/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-34242

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:character_animator

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Adobe Character Animator

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-34241, CVE-2022-34242

CWE: 122, 125

IAVA: 2022-A-0275