Adobe Security Bulletin

Security updates available for Adobe Premiere Elements | APSB22-43

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

ASPB22-43

August 9, 2022      

3

Summary

Adobe has released updates for Adobe Premiere Elements for Windows and macOS.  This update addresses a critical vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation
in the context of the current user.      

Affected Versions

Product

Version

Platform

Adobe Premiere Elements

2022 (Version 20.0) 

Windows and macOS

Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratingsand recommends users to download the new installer and upgrade their installations.

Product

Version

Platform

Priority

Availability

Adobe Premiere Elements  

2022 (Version 20.0 20220702.Git.main.e4f8578)

Windows and macOS      

3

Note:

To verify the version of Premiere Elements on your system, please follow the following steps:  

  • Help
  • About Premiere Elements menu
  • The splash screen would show the current version and build number.

Vulnerability details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVSS base score 

CVE Numbers

Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427)

Privilege escalation

Critical

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-34235

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank the following for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:

  • Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning (l1v1ng0ffth3l4n) -- CVE-2022-34235

Revisions

June 28, 2021: Included a note containing the steps to verify the installer version.

October 4, 2021: Updated CVSS base score and vector for CVE-2021-39824. and CVE-2021-40701.

October 4, 2021: Updated Severity for CVE-2021-40701.


 


For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com.

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