CVE-2021-21070 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-21070: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Adobe RoboHelp

Vendor Adobe
Product RoboHelp
Weakness CWE-427
Published April 19, 2021
Last update April 23, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Adobe Robohelp version 2020.0.3 (and earlier) is affected by an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation. An attacker with admin permissions to write to the file system could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 19, 2021 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated