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Cyber Risk Series | Cloud Security Edition | February 28 | Register Now

Adobe security alert.

August 10, 2021

Advisory overview

Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Enterprise TruRisk Platform to protect organizations against 3 vulnerabilities that were fixed in 1 bulletins announced today by Adobe. Customers can immediately audit their networks for these and other new vulnerabilities by accessing their Qualys subscription. Visit Qualys Security Blog to prioritize remediation.

Non-Qualys customers can audit their network for these and other vulnerabilities by signing up for a Qualys Free Trial, or by trying Qualys Community Edition.

Vulnerability details

Adobe has released 1 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:

  • Adobe Connect Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB21-66)

    Severity
    Serious 3
    Qualys ID
    730152
    Vendor Reference
    APSB21-66
    CVE Reference
    CVE-2021-36061, CVE-2021-36062, CVE-2021-36063
    CVSS Scores
    Base 4.3 / Temporal 3.2
    Description
    Adobe Connect is software used to create information and general presentations, online training materials, web conferencing, learning modules, and user desktop sharing.

    CVE-2021-36061 - Violation of Secure Design Principles
    CVE-2021-36062,CVE-2021-36063 - Cross-site Scripting (Reflected XSS)

    Affected Versions:
    Adobe Connect 11.2.2 and earlier versions

    QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated):
    his QID reads the version.txt file in an unauthenticated request to see if it's vulnerable.

    Consequence
    On Successful exploitation, the attacker would be able to execute arbitrary code on the target.
    Solution
    Customers are advised to follow the patch procedure provided by Adobe. Furthermore information can be obtained from Adobe Connect 11.2.3

    Patches:
    The following are links for downloading patches to fix these vulnerabilities:
    APSB21-66

These new vulnerability checks are included in Qualys vulnerability signature 2.5.252-6. Each Qualys account is automatically updated with the latest vulnerability signatures as they become available. To view the vulnerability signature version in your account, from the Qualys Help menu, select the About tab.

Selective Scan Instructions Using Qualys

To perform a selective vulnerability scan, configure a scan profile to use the following options:

  1. Ensure access to TCP ports 135 and 139 are available.
  2. Enable Windows Authentication (specify Authentication Records).
  3. Enable the following Qualys IDs:
    • 730152
  4. If you would like the scan to return the Windows Hostname, also include QID 82044 and ensure access to UDP port 137 is available.
  5. If you would like to be notified if Qualys is unable to log on to a host (if Authentication fails), also include QID 105015.

In addition, prior to running a scan for these new vulnerabilities, you can estimate your exposure to these new threats by running the Risk Analysis Report, available from the Qualys Vulnerability Management Reports tab.

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About Qualys

The Enterprise TruRisk Platform and its integrated suite of security and compliance applications provides organizations of all sizes with a global view of their security and compliance solutions, while drastically reducing their total cost of ownership. Qualys solutions include: continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, policy compliance, PCI compliance, security assessment questionnaire, web application scanning, web application firewall, malware detection and SECURE Seal for security testing of web sites.