CVE-2021-28597

MEDIUM

Adobe Photoshop Elements < 5.3 - Exposure to Wrong Actor

Title source: rule

Description

Adobe Photoshop Elements version 5.2 (and earlier) is affected by an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop_elements/apsb21-46.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0012

EPSS Percentile 31.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-379 CWE-668

Status published

Affected Products (1)

adobe/photoshop_elements < 5.3

Timeline

Published Jun 28, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026