CVE-2021-21068

Adobe Creative Cloud installer arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 6.1 Medium
Published: Mar 12, 2021
Updated: Apr 23, 2025
Reserved: Dec 18, 2020

Description

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a file handling vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cause arbitrary file overwriting. Exploitation of this issue requires physical access and user interaction.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.0	6.1 Medium	CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	adobe

Weaknesses

CWE-379 Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions (CWE-379)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Creative Cloud (desktop component)Adobe	5.3 and earlierAffected None and earlierAffected

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html

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