CVE-2021-39828

Adobe Digital Editions Installer flaw leads to Local Privilege Escalation

State: Published
Severity: 5.8 Medium
Published: Sep 27, 2021
Updated: Apr 23, 2025
Reserved: Aug 23, 2021

Description

Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.11.187646 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Digital Editions installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.8 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	adobe

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Digital EditionsAdobe	4.5.11.187646 and earlierAffected None and earlierAffected

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb21-80.html

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