CVE-2021-28597: Adobe Photoshop Elements version 5.2 (and earlier) is affected by an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage…

PriorityP423medium5.5CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCNIHAN

EPSS

0.48%

38.0th percentile

Adobe Photoshop 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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	photoshop_elements	< 5.3	5.3
adobe	photoshop_elements	unspecified – 5.2	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvdv3.06.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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