Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2021· Updated Apr 23, 2025
Adobe Creative Cloud DLL Hijacking Local Application Denial of Service
CVE-2021-43017
Description
Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by an Application denial of service vulnerability in the Creative Cloud Desktop installer. An authenticated attacker with root privileges could leverage this vulnerability to achieve denial of service by planting a malicious file on the victim's local machine. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.
Affected products
2- Range: <=5.5
- Adobe/GoCartv5Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
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