Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-4927 - Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Adobe Indesign
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Adobe InDesign versions 13.0 and below have an exploitable Untrusted Search Path vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to local privilege escalation.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths This attack loads a malicious resource into a program's standard path used to bootstrap and/or provide contextual information for a program like a path variable or classpath. J2EE applications and other component based applications that are built from multiple binaries can have very long list of dependencies to execute. If one of these libraries and/or references is controllable by the attacker then application controls can be circumvented by the attacker. A standard UNIX path looks similar to this If the attacker modifies the path variable to point to a locale that includes malicious resources then the user unwittingly can execute commands on the attackers' behalf: This is a form of usurping control of the program and the attack can be done on the classpath, database resources, or any other resources built from compound parts. At runtime detection and blocking of this attack is nearly impossible, because the configuration allows execution.
Nessus
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_ADOBE_INDESIGN_APSB18-11.NASL description The version of Adobe InDesign CC installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 13.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 109031 published 2018-04-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109031 title Adobe InDesign CC < 13.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-11) (macOS) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(109031); script_version("1.4"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/08"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-4927", "CVE-2018-4928"); script_name(english:"Adobe InDesign CC < 13.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-11) (macOS)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the InDesign version."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote host has an application installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The version of Adobe InDesign CC installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 13.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb18-11.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to Adobe Photoshop CC version 13.1 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-4928"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/04/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/04/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/04/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:adobe:indesign_cc"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("macosx_adobe_indesign_installed.nbin"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MacOSX/Version", "installed_sw/Adobe InDesign"); exit(0); } include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("audit.inc"); include("install_func.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); os = get_kb_item('Host/MacOSX/Version'); if (!os) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'macOS'); app = 'Adobe InDesign'; install = get_single_install(app_name:app, exit_if_unknown_ver:TRUE); product = install['name']; if ("CC" >!< product) exit(0, "Only Adobe InDesign CC is affected."); path = install['path']; version = install['version']; fix = '13.1'; if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix, strict:FALSE) < 0) { report = '\n Product : ' + product + '\n Path : ' + path + '\n Installed version : ' + version + '\n Fixed version : ' + fix; security_report_v4(port:0, extra:report, severity:SECURITY_HOLE); } else audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, app + " CC", version);NASL family Windows NASL id ADOBE_INDESIGN_APSB18-11.NASL description The version of Adobe InDesign CC installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 13.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 109030 published 2018-04-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109030 title Adobe InDesign CC < 13.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-11) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(109030); script_version("1.4"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/08"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-4927", "CVE-2018-4928"); script_name(english:"Adobe InDesign CC < 13.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-11)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the InDesign version."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote host has an application installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The version of Adobe InDesign CC installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 13.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb18-11.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to Adobe InDesign CC 13.1 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-4928"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/04/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/04/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/04/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:adobe:indesign_cc"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Windows"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("adobe_indesign_installed.nbin"); script_require_keys("installed_sw/Adobe InDesign", "SMB/Registry/Enumerated"); exit(0); } include("vcf.inc"); get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/Registry/Enumerated"); app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:"Adobe InDesign", win_local:TRUE); constraints = [{ "fixed_version" : "13.1" }]; vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);