High severity · published Mar 12, 2021
CVE-2021-21069
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…
7.8
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CC
Creative Cloud Desktop Application · Adobe
through 5.3 · source: NVD
Affected product
CC
Creative Cloud Desktop Application
Adobe
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21069
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21069
Patch
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-281/
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