The version of Adobe Media Encoder installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 15.4.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the APSB21-99 advisory.

  - Adobe Media Encoder version 15.4.1 (and earlier) are affected by a memory corruption vulnerability. 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-2021-43013)

  - Adobe Media Encoder version 15.4.1 (and earlier) is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability due to     insecure handling of a malicious file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of     the current user. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability. (CVE-2021-40777,     CVE-2021-40779, CVE-2021-40780)

  - Adobe Media Encoder 15.4.1 (and earlier) is affected by a Null pointer dereference vulnerability when     parsing a specially crafted file. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve     an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires     user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. (CVE-2021-40778, CVE-2021-40781,     CVE-2021-40782)

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

Detections

Analytics

Adobe Media Encoder < 15.4.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB21-99) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209464

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.3 Nov 26, 2024, 6:59 AM CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2021-40779") Plugin Feed: 202411260659
Version 1.2 Nov 20, 2024, 8:07 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411202007
Version 1.1 Oct 21, 2024, 9:21 PM New Plugin Feed: 202410212121