Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 28, 2021· Updated Apr 23, 2025
Adobe Photoshop Elements Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - symbolic link
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
2<=5.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=5.2
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop_elements/apsb21-46.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
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