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Adobe Dreamweaver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (APSB19-40) - Windows

🗓️ 11 Jul 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AGType 
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Adobe Dreamweaver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (APSB19-40) - Windows. Insecure library loading or dll hijacking vulnerability allows elevated privileges on affected systems. Upgrade to Adobe Dreamweaver 2018/2019 Release or later

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APSB19-40 Security update available for Adobe Dreamweaver
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:adobe:dreamweaver";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.815250");
  script_version("2025-09-16T05:38:45+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-7956");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-16 05:38:45 +0000 (Tue, 16 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-07-19 20:23:00 +0000 (Fri, 19 Jul 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-07-11 11:53:01 +0530 (Thu, 11 Jul 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_name("Adobe Dreamweaver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (APSB19-40) - Windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Adobe Dreamweaver is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an insecure library loading
  or dll hijacking vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows an attacker to
  gain elevated privileges on the affected system.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Adobe Dreamweaver before version 18.0.0.10136,
  19.x before version 19.0.0.18193 on Windows.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Adobe Dreamweaver 2018/2019 Release or later. Please see the references for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/dreamweaver/apsb19-40.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109088");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Privilege escalation");
  script_dependencies("secpod_adobe_dreamweaver_detect.nasl");
  script_require_ports(139, 445);
  script_mandatory_keys("Adobe/Dreamweaver/Ver");
  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_reg.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

AppVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:path, file_name:"Dreamweaver.exe");
if(!AppVer)
  AppVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:path, file_name:"Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2018\Dreamweaver.exe");

if(!AppVer)
  exit(0);

#Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2019 Release == 19.0.0.11193
if(AppVer =~ "^19" && version_is_less(version:AppVer, test_version:"19.0.0.11193")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:AppVer, fixed_version:"2019 Release", install_path:path);
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit(0);
}

#Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2018 Release == 18.0.0.10136
else if(version_is_less(version:AppVer, test_version:"18.0.0.10136")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:AppVer, fixed_version:"2018 Release", install_path:path + "\Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2018");
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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16 Sep 2025 00:00Current
7.9High risk
Vulners AI Score7.9
CVSS 26.8
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EPSS0.03255
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