Adobe InDesign RCE Vulnerabilities (APSB21-73) - Mac OS X
🗓️ 17 Sep 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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:indesign_server";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.818544");
script_version("2025-09-12T05:38:45+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-39820", "CVE-2021-39821", "CVE-2021-39822", "CVE-2021-40727");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-12 05:38:45 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/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:"2022-06-24 00:29:20 +0000 (Fri, 24 Jun 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-09-17 08:37:30 +0530 (Fri, 17 Sep 2021)");
script_name("Adobe InDesign RCE Vulnerabilities (APSB21-73) - Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Adobe Indesign is prone to multiple
vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on
the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws are due to,
- Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer.
- Out-of-bounds Read error.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow an attacker
to execute arbitrary code on affected system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Adobe InDesign 16.3 and earlier versions on Mac OS X.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update Adobe InDesign to version 15.1.4, 16.4 or
later. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb21-73.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_adobe_indesign_server_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("InDesign/Server/MacOSX/Version");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"15.1.4")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"15.1.4", install_path:path);
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"16.0", test_version2:"16.3")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"16.4", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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