Authenticated privilege escalation via API authorization bypass
Published Jun 16, 2022 · Updated Sep 16, 2024
Improper authorization in Adobe RoboHelp Server before RHS 11 Update 3 allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator privileges. Server API requests fail to enforce authorization when a non-administrative account invokes privilege-sensitive operations, allowing account elevation to full server administrator. Authentication is required, no user interaction is needed, and exploitation changes authorization rather than directly disclosing data or interrupting service.
Summary
What happened
Improper authorization in Adobe RoboHelp Server before RHS 11 Update 3 allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator privileges. Server API requests fail to enforce authorization when a non-administrative account invokes privilege-sensitive operations, allowing account elevation to full server administrator. Authentication is required, no user interaction is needed, and exploitation changes authorization rather than directly disclosing data or interrupting service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-30670
- Published
- Jun 16, 2022
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- Adobe RoboHelp
- Classifications
- CWE-285, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 16, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <=None
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <=<RHS11U3
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