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Improper Authentication Privilege Escalation in Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server

IdentifiersCVE-2024-30299CWE-287· Improper Authentication

CVE-2024-30299 is an improper authentication vulnerability in Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server affecting versions 2020.3, 2022.2, and earlier. The flaw allows an attacker to bypass or defeat authentication controls and obtain unauthorized access within the application, resulting in privilege escalation. Adobe classifies the issue as critical, and the provided context states that exploitation does not require user interaction.

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Impact

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Successful exploitation can allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access or elevated privileges within Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server. Given the critical severity and vendor advisory language, this may enable compromise of the application and potentially contribute to full compromise of the affected system depending on deployment context and granted privileges.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

If immediate patching is not possible, restrict access to the FrameMaker Publishing Server to trusted administrative networks or hosts only, minimize exposure of the service, and monitor for unusual authentication or privilege-related activity until the update can be applied. The primary mitigation is vendor patching.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Apply Adobe's security update by upgrading Adobe FrameMaker Publishing Server to version 2022.3 or later on Windows platforms, in accordance with Adobe security bulletin APSB24-38.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

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AdobeFramemaker Publishing Serverapplication

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