Adobe Prelude CC versions 8.1 and earlier have an insecure library loading (dll hijacking) vulnerability.

published 2019-08-14 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-17419

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.0%; EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe Prelude CC versions 8.1 and earlier have an insecure library loading (dll hijacking) vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Exploit prediction

3.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Adobe Adobe Prelude CC

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/prelude/apsb19-35.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-7961
NVD CVE-2019-7961

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