CVE-2021-28547

HIGH

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application < 5.3 - Privilege Escalation via OOBE Directory Deletion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application for macOS version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow a normal user to delete the OOBE directory and get permissions of any directory under the administrator authority.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0050
EPSS Percentile 39.2%
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 Sep 29, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026