CVE-2021-43019: high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud (desktop component)
Adobe Creative Cloud Incorrect Permission Assignment Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.8epss 2.2%
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 to abuse this vulnerability.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Adobe · Creative Cloud (desktop component)Related CVEs — Adobe Creative Cloud (desktop component)
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2020-24422HIGHUncontrolled Search Path in Creative Cloud Desktop ApplicationEPSS 3.1%CVE-2021-21069HIGHAdobe Creative Cloud Privilege Escalation VulnerabilityEPSS 2.6%CVE-2022-23202HIGHAdobe Creative Cloud Desktop Uncontrolled Search Path Element Arbitrary code executionEPSS 2.2%CVE-2021-21078MEDIUMAdobe Creative Cloud Unquoted Service Path in CCXProcessEPSS 1.1%CVE-2021-28581HIGHAdobe Creative Cloud Desktop uncontrolled search path element vulnerability could lead to local privilege escalationEPSS 0.9%CVE-2021-21068MEDIUMAdobe Creative Cloud installer arbitrary file overwrite vulnerabilityEPSS 0.6%