CVE-2021-43017: Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by an Application denial of service vulnerability in the Creative Cloud Desktop installer. An…

PriorityP413medium4.2CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRHUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.13%

62.9th percentile

Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by an Application denial of service vulnerability in the Creative Cloud Desktop installer. An authenticated attacker with root privileges could leverage this vulnerability to achieve denial of service by planting a malicious file on the victim's local machine. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	creative_cloud_desktop_application	<= 5.5	—
adobe	gocart	unspecified – 5.5	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.14.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.03.5LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

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