CVE-2021-36002

Adobe Captivate Installer Creation of Temporary File In Directory With Incorrect Permissions Could Lead To Privilege Escalation

State
Published
Severity
5.0 Medium
Published
Sep 1, 2021
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Jun 30, 2021

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Description

Adobe Captivate version 11.5.5 (and earlier) is affected by an Creation of Temporary File In Directory With Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation in the context of the current user. The attacker must plant a malicious file in a particular location of the victim's machine. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must launch the Captivate Installer.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nadobe

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

ProductVersions
CaptivateAdobe
  • 11.5.5 and earlierAffected
  • None and earlierAffected

References

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