What is CVE-2021-21069?

CVE-2021-21069 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud (Desktop Component), classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-21069?

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

Improper input validation in Adobe Creative Cloud (Desktop Component)

CVE-2021-21069

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. Exploitat…

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.012 (79.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Adobe Creative Cloud (Desktop Component) — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html (x_refsource_MISC)
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-281/ (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-21069?: CVE-2021-21069 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud (Desktop Component), classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-21069?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.