CVE-2025-54271 (GCVE-0-2025-54271)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-15 16:21
Modified
2025-10-15 16:55
Severity ?
5.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition ()
Summary
Creative Cloud Desktop versions 6.7.0.278 and earlier are affected by a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system write. A low-privileged attacker could exploit the timing between the check and use of a resource, potentially allowing unauthorized modifications to files. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Version: 0   ≤ 6.7.0.278
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