CVE-2021-28547 json
Adobe Creative Cloud for macOS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-15223
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application for macOS version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow a normal user to delete the OOBE directory and get permissions of any directory under the administrator authority.
Patch / fix
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Adobe Creative Cloud (desktop component)
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
-
helpx.adobe.com
/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html
patch, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-28547
- NVD CVE-2021-28547
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