Adobe Genuine Services insecure file permission could lead to privilege escalation

published 2021-09-08 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-15240

cvss: 5.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits: 0; none known

Adobe Genuine Services version 7.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Insecure file permission vulnerability during installation process. A local authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve privilege escalation in the context of the current user.

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Exploit prediction

0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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	6.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Adobe GoCart

Classification

Weakness

CWE-379 Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions
CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/integrity_service/apsb21-27.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-28568
NVD CVE-2021-28568

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