Advisory Details

April 12th, 2016

Adobe Creative Cloud Node.js Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-16-235
ZDI-CAN-3543

CVE ID CVE-2016-1034
CVSS SCORE 6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS Adobe
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Creative Cloud
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Creative Cloud. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The application exposes a services that listens on a random TCP port. The lack of authentication in the exposed service allows remote users to execute various methods from the API exposed by this service. An attacker can leverage this to execute code under the context of the current user.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Adobe has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb16-11.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2016-02-16 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2016-04-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT lokihardt
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