CVE-2021-21070 json
Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Adobe RoboHelp
published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-8461
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.8%
- EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Adobe Robohelp version 2020.0.3 (and earlier) is affected by an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation. An attacker with admin permissions to write to the file system could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges.
Patch / fix
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
1.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Adobe RoboHelp
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element
References
-
helpx.adobe.com
/security/products/robohelp/apsb21-20.html
patch, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-21070
- NVD CVE-2021-21070
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