CVE-2021-43019 — Incorrect Permission Assignment in Adobe Creative Cloud
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.27%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 23
Latest updateNov 24
Description
Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the resources leveraged by the Setup.exe service. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to remove files and escalate privileges under the context of SYSTEM . An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability on the product installer. User interaction is required before product installation…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9