Bulletin ID
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Security updates available for Adobe Animate | APSB21-03
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Date Published |
Priority |
|---|---|---|
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ASPB21-03 |
January 12, 2021 |
3 |
Summary
Adobe has released an update for Adobe Animate. This update resolves a critical vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.
Affected Versions
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
|---|---|---|
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Adobe Animate |
21.0 and earlier versions |
Windows |
Solution
Adobe categorizes this update with the following priority rating and recommends users update their installation to the newest version via the Creative Cloud desktop app's update mechanism. For more information, please reference this help page.
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
Priority |
Availability |
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Adobe Animate |
21.0.2 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
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Adobe Animate |
20.5.3 |
Windows and macOS |
3 |
For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Admin Console to deploy Creative Cloud applications to end users. Refer to this help page for more information.
Vulnerability details
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Vulnerability Category |
Vulnerability Impact |
Severity |
CVE Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|
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Uncontrolled Search Path Element |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
CVE-2021-21008 |
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
- Hou JingYi (@hjy79425575) of Qihoo 360 CERT
- Yongjun Liu of nsfocus security team.
Revisions
August 21, 2021: Added N-1 version details under the solution section.