Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-4928 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Adobe Indesign
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Adobe InDesign versions 13.0 and below have an exploitable Memory corruption vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
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);