Vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application

CVE-2021-43019

Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the resources leveraged by the Setup.exe service. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to remove files and escalate privileges under the context of SYSTEM . An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability on the product installer. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (81.6th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.6% 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-2021-43019: held from 0.021 to 0.022.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.022 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-43019?
CVE-2021-43019 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-11-23.
How severe is CVE-2021-43019?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.