High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 12, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-21069
CVE-2021-21069
Description
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud_desktop_application:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud_desktop_application:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.3
- (no CPE)range: <=5.3
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Patches
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References
2- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-281/nvdThird Party Advisory
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