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 privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Published 2021-06-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Photoshop Elements — versions unspecified
Adobe Photoshop Elements
Apple macOS
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop_elements/apsb21-46.html (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.