Vulnerability · Published Nov 18, 2021 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2021-43017Adobe Creative Cloud DLL Hijacking Local Application Denial of Service

Medium 4.2

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in GoCart from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.2Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 32.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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 products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	GoCart	unspecified – through 5.5unspecified – through None

Weakness: CWE-379 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.html x_refsource_MISC