Adobe Photoshop Elements Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - symbolic link
CVE-2021-28597

6.2MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Adobe
Status
Photoshop Elements
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 June 2021

Summary

Adobe Photoshop Elements version 5.2 (and earlier) is affected by an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Affected Version(s)

Photoshop Elements <= 5.2

Photoshop Elements <= unspecified

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop_eleme...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.2
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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