Adobe Security Bulletin

Release date: October 11, 2016

Vulnerability identifier: APSB16-34

Priority: 3

CVE number: CVE-2016-6935

Platform: Windows

Summary

Adobe has released a security update for the Creative Cloud Desktop Application for Windows. This update resolves an unquoted search path vulnerability in the Creative Cloud Desktop Application. 

Affected versions

Solution

Adobe categorizes this update with the following priority rating and recommends users update their installation to the newest version:

For more details, visit https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/desktop-app.html.

For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Creative Cloud Packager to create deployment packages as described in the workflow documented here.

Refer to this help page for more information on the Creative Cloud Packager.

Vulnerability Details

This update resolves an unquoted search path vulnerability in the Creative Cloud Desktop Application (CVE-2016-6935).  This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path, possibly allowing local privilege escalation. 

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank Cyril Vallicari / Ug_0 Security for reporting this issue (CVE-2016-6935) and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers.