Adobe Lightroom Desktop version 7.1.2 and earlier on macOS: Arbitrary Code Execution.
Adobe Lightroom Desktop versions 7.1.2 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, then an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted application would then execute. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
Vendor / Vendor Homepage:
Adobe / adobe[dot]com
Affected Products:
Adobe Lightroom Desktop versions 7.1.2 and earlier on macOS
Fixed Version:
Adobe Lightroom Desktop versions 7.2
CVE-ID:
CVE-2024-20754
CVSS Score - NVD: 7.5/High - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity Level - Adobe: Critical
References:
https://helpx.adobe.com/id_id/security/products/lightroom/apsb24-17.html
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2024-20754
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20754
YoKo Kho from HakTrak Cybersecurity Squad