Insecure DLL loading in Adobe InDesign - CVE-2018-4927

 

Insecure DLL loading in Adobe InDesign - CVE-2018-4927

Published: April 10, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11669
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4927
CWE-ID: CWE-426
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe InDesign

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on vulnerable system.

The weakness exists due to insecure .dll loading mechanism when opening files. A local attacker can place a file along with specially crafted .dll file on a remote SBM or WebDAV share and execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-4927

Update to version 13.1.

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