What is CVE-2018-5003?

CVE-2018-5003 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2018-5003?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud

CVE-2018-5003

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 4.5.5.342 (installer) has an insecure library loading (dll hijacking) vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

Published 2018-08-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.049 (91.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.049 · newest: 0.049 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Creative Cloud
Microsoft Windows
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application Before 4.5.5.342 — versions Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 4.5.5.342

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/105065 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1041469 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb18-20.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5003?: CVE-2018-5003 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2018-5003?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.