What is CVE-2021-28568?

CVE-2021-28568 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Genuine Service, classified under Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2021-09-08.

How severe is CVE-2021-28568?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Adobe Genuine Service

CVE-2021-28568

Adobe Genuine Services version 7.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Insecure file permission vulnerability during installation process. A local authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve privilege escalation in the context of the current user.

EPSS: 0.006 (44.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Adobe Genuine_service
Adobe Gocart — versions unspecified
Apple Macos
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-379 — Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions
CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-28568?: CVE-2021-28568 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Genuine Service, classified under Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2021-09-08.
How severe is CVE-2021-28568?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.