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ghsa-h3f9-x7c2-q5h9

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-24 17:44

Modified

2022-05-24 17:44

Details

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

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CVE-2021-21069 (GCVE-0-2021-21069)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-03-12 18:11

Modified

2025-04-23 19:44

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation ()

Summary

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

References

URL

Tags

	https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-281/	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Adobe	Creative Cloud (desktop component)	Version: unspecified < Version: unspecified <

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