Insecure DLL loading in Adobe Technical Communications Suite - CVE-2018-15976

 

Insecure DLL loading in Adobe Technical Communications Suite - CVE-2018-15976

Published: October 9, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15221
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15976
CWE-ID: CWE-427
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe Technical Communications Suite

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability 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, trick the victim into opening it and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current victim.

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


How to mitigate CVE-2018-15976

Install update from vendor's website.

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