CVE-2021-21069
HIGHAdobe Creative Cloud Desktop App <5.3 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-281/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0247
EPSS Percentile
82.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (1)
adobe/creative_cloud_desktop_application
< 5.3
Published
Mar 12, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026