What is CVE-2021-28597?

CVE-2021-28597 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop Elements, classified under Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-06-28.

How severe is CVE-2021-28597?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop Elements

CVE-2021-28597

Adobe Photoshop Elements version 5.2 (and earlier) is affected by an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to call functions against the installer to perform high priv…

EPSS: 0.005 (37.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Adobe Photoshop Elements — versions unspecified
Adobe Photoshop_elements
Apple Macos
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

psirt@adobe.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-28597?: CVE-2021-28597 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop Elements, classified under Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-28597?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.