Adobe Creative Cloud Incorrect Permission Assignment Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2021-43019

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Adobe
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 November 2021

Summary

Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the resources leveraged by the Setup.exe service. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to remove files and escalate privileges under the context of SYSTEM . An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability on the product installer. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

Creative Cloud (desktop component) <= 5.5

Creative Cloud (desktop component) <= unspecified

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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