CVE-2021-28623 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-28623: Adobe Premiere Elements Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor Adobe
Product Premiere
Weakness CWE-379
Published June 28, 2021
Last update April 23, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.2/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Adobe Premiere Elements version 5.2 (and earlier) is affected by an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 28, 2021 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated