CVE-2021-43019

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.
References
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud_desktop_application:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:39

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : 9.3
v3 : 7.8
v2 : 9.3
v3 : unknown

Information

Published : 2021-11-23 19:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:48


NVD link : CVE-2021-43019

Mitre link : CVE-2021-43019

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-43019


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Products Affected

apple

  • macos

adobe

  • creative_cloud_desktop_application
CWE
CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource