Vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions

CVE-2021-39828

Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.11.187646 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Digital Editions installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.4th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-39828: held from 0.015 to 0.015.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-39828?
CVE-2021-39828 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Digital Editions, classified under Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2021-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2021-39828?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.