PT-2016-7178 · Adobe · Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application

Published 2016-10-13 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2016-6935

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions prior to 3.8.0.310

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory. This is due to an unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application on Windows.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.8.0.310, update to version 3.8.0.310 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-428

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6935

Affected Products

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6935 · Security Note
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb16-34.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6935 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93489 · Note