CVE-2021-28581 HIGH

CVE-2021-28581: Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop uncontrolled search path element vulnerability could lead to local privilege escalation

Vendor Adobe
Product Creative Cloud (desktop component)
Weakness CWE-427
Published September 8, 2021
Last update September 17, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop 3.5 (and earlier) is affected by an uncontrolled search path vulnerability that could result in elevation of privileges. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must log on to the attacker's local machine.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 8, 2021 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated