CVE-2021-21100
HIGHAdobe Digital Editions <4.5.11.187245 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
Adobe Digital Editions version 4.5.11.187245 (and earlier) is affected by a Privilege Escalation vulnerability during installation. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary file system write in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/Digital-Editions/apsb21-26.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0172
EPSS Percentile
75.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-379
Status
published
Products (1)
adobe/digital_editions
< 4.5.11.187245
Published
Apr 15, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026