Improper certificate validation in Creative Cloud Desktop Application - CVE-2018-4991

 

Improper certificate validation in Creative Cloud Desktop Application - CVE-2018-4991

Published: May 8, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12449
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4991
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Creative Cloud Desktop Application

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper certificate validation. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted certificate, bypass security restrictions and perform further attacks.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-4991

Update to version 4.5.0.331.

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