CVE-2021-43019
Adobe Creative Cloud Incorrect Permission Assignment Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Nov 23, 2021
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 25, 2021
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | adobe |
Weaknesses
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE-732)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Creative Cloud (desktop component)Adobe |
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References
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