Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 28, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-28597
CVE-2021-28597
Description
Adobe Photoshop Elements version 5.2 (and earlier) is affected by an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop_elements:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:photoshop_elements:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <5.3
- (no CPE)range: <=5.2
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop_elements/apsb21-46.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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