Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-9572 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Adobe Illustrator

047910
CVSS 9.3 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
adobe
CWE-119
critical
nessus

Summary

Adobe Illustrator versions 24.0.2 and earlier have a memory corruption vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

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 familyWindows
NASL idADOBE_ILLUSTRATOR_APSB20-20.NASL
descriptionThe version of Adobe Illustrator CC on the remote Windows hosts is prior to 24.1.2. It is, therefore, affected multiple vulnerabilities which could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of current user on the remote host. An unauthenticated, local attacker could exploit these issues to execute arbitrary commands on the host. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
last seen2020-05-06
modified2020-05-01
plugin id136190
published2020-05-01
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sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136190
titleAdobe Illustrator CC < 24.1.2 Multiple Vulnerabilites (APSB20-20)