Medium severity · published Mar 12, 2021
CVE-2021-21078
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by an Unquoted Service Path vulnerability in CCXProcess that could allow an attacker to achieve…
6.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by an Unquoted Service Path vulnerability in CCXProcess that could allow an attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution in the process of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% 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-2021-21078
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21078
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html
More from Creative Cloud Desktop Application
9.8
CVE-2020-9682
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a symlink vulnerability vulnerability
9.8
CVE-2020-9671
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have an insecure file permissions vulnerability
9.8
CVE-2020-9670
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a symlink vulnerability vulnerability
7.8
CVE-2026-48272
Creative Cloud Desktop | Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427)
7.8
CVE-2026-48344
GoCart | Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367)