Bulletin ID
Security Updates Available for Adobe Digital Editions | APSB21-80
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     Date Published  | 
                
            
                
                    
     Priority  | 
                
            
        
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     APSB20-80  | 
            
                
                
                    
     September 14, 2021     | 
            
                
                
                    
     3  | 
            
        
Summary
Affected product versions
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     Product  | 
                
            
                
                    
     Version  | 
                
            
                
                    
     Platform  | 
                
            
        
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     Adobe Digital Editions  | 
            
                
                
                    
     4.5.11.187646 and below  | 
            
                
                
                    
     macOS  | 
            
        
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version:
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     Product  | 
                
            
                
                    
     Version  | 
                
            
                
                    
     Platform  | 
                
            
                
                    
     Priority  | 
                
            
                
                    
     Availability  | 
                
            
        
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     Adobe Digital Editions  | 
            
                
                
                    
     4.5.11.187658  | 
            
                
                
                    
     MacOS  | 
            
                
                
                    
     3  | 
            
                
                
- Customers can download the update from the Adobe Digital Editions download page, or utilize the product’s update mechanism when prompted.
 
Vulnerability details
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     Vulnerability Category  | 
                
            
                
                    
     Vulnerability Impact  | 
                
            
                
                    
     Severity  | 
                
            
                
                    
     CVSS base score    | 
                
            
                
                    
     CVE Numbers  | 
                
            
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     Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions (CWE-379)  | 
            
                
                
                    
     Privilege Escalation   | 
            
                
                
                    
     Important  | 
            
                
                
                    
     5.8  | 
            
                
                
                    
     CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N  | 
            
                
                
                    
     CVE-2021-39828  | 
            
        
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     Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions (CWE-379)  | 
            
                
                
                    
     Arbitrary file system write  | 
            
                
                
                    
     Critical  | 
            
                
                
                    
     6.5  | 
            
                
                
                    
     CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H  | 
            
                
                
                    
     CVE-2021-39827  | 
            
        
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     OS Command Injection (CWE-78)  | 
            
                
                
                    
     Arbitrary code execution  | 
            
                
                
                    
     Critical  | 
            
                
                
                    
     8.6  | 
            
                
                
                    
     CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H  | 
            
                
                
                    
     CVE-2021-39826  | 
            
        
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following security researchers for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers.
- CQY of Topsec Alpha Team (yjdfy) (CVE-2021-39828, CVE-2021-39827)
 - CFF of Topsec Alpha Team (cff_123) (CVE-2021-39826)
 
Revisions
October 4, 2021: Updated CVSS base score and vector for CVE-2021-39827.
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com