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CVE-2021-28620:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Adobe Animate was affected by a security vulnerability identified as CVE-2021-28620, which was disclosed in June 2021. The vulnerability was discovered by Shanbo Chen of the nsfocus security team and affected Adobe Animate versions 21.0.6 and earlier versions on Windows systems (Adobe Security Bulletin).
Technical details
The vulnerability was assigned a CVSS 2.0 score of 9.3 and CVSS 3.0 score of 8.4, indicating a critical severity level. The CVSS metrics suggest the vulnerability requires local access with low attack complexity and no privileges required, while potentially impacting confidentiality and availability at a high level (ManageEngine).
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user, potentially compromising the affected system's security (Qualys Research).
Mitigation and workarounds
Adobe addressed this vulnerability by releasing security updates for Adobe Animate. Users are advised to update to the latest version of the software to mitigate the risk (Adobe Security Bulletin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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