Adobe Security Bulletin

Security updates available for Creative Cloud Desktop Application | APSB18-20

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB18-20

August 14, 2018

3

Summary

Adobe has released a security update for the Creative Cloud Desktop Application installer for Windows.  This update resolves an insecure library loading vulnerability in the installer that could lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2018-5003).

Affected versions

Product

Affected version

Platform

Creative Cloud Desktop Application (installer)

4.5.0.324 and earlier versions

Windows

To check the version of the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop app:

  1. Launch the Creative Cloud desktop app and sign in with your Adobe ID.
  2. Click the gear icon and choose Preferences > General.

Solution

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

Product

Updated version

Platform

Priority rating

Availability

Creative Cloud Desktop Application (installer)

4.5.5.342

Windows 

3

The latest Creative Cloud Desktop App installer can also be downloaded from the Download Center

Vulnerability Details

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVE Numbers

Insecure Library Loading (DLL hijacking)

Privilege Escalation

Important

CVE-2018-5003

Acknowledgments

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

  • Alec Blance (CVE-2018-5003)

 Adobe

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