Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the resources leveraged by the Setup.exe service. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to remove files and escalate privileges under the context of SYSTEM . An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability on the product installer. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.
References
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| https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
17 Aug 2022, 22:15
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09 Aug 2022, 14:42
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| References | (MISC) https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1333/ - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory | |
| CWE | CWE-732 |
24 Nov 2021, 15:24
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| References | (MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| References | (MISC) https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1333/ - Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud_desktop_application:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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v2 : v3 : |
v2 : 9.3
v3 : 7.8 |
24 Nov 2021, 13:15
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| CWE | CWE-284 |
23 Nov 2021, 19:25
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Information
Published : 2021-11-23 19:15
Updated : 2024-02-04 22:08
NVD link : CVE-2021-43019
Mitre link : CVE-2021-43019
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-43019
JSON object : View
Products Affected
apple
- macos
adobe
- creative_cloud_desktop_application
CWE
CWE-732
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource