Vulnerability · Published Mar 12, 2021 · Assigned by adobe
CVE-2021-21069Adobe Creative Cloud Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity improper input validation in Creative Cloud (desktop component) from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.6% (higher than 86% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.6%top 14.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe | Creative Cloud (desktop component) | unspecified – through 5.3.1.470aunspecified – through None |
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-281/ x_refsource_MISC