Description
Adobe Captivate version 11.5.5 (and earlier) is affected by an Creation of Temporary File In Directory With Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation in the context of the current user. The attacker must plant a malicious file in a particular location of the victim's machine. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must launch the Captivate Installer.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/captivate/apsb21-60.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.0
EPSS
0.0050
EPSS Percentile
38.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-379
CWE-668
Status
published
Products (1)
adobe/captivate
< 11.5.5
Published
Sep 01, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026