Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 23, 2021· Updated Apr 23, 2025
Adobe Creative Cloud Incorrect Permission Assignment Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2021-43019
Description
Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the resources leveraged by the Setup.exe service. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to remove files and escalate privileges under the context of SYSTEM . An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability on the product installer. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.
Affected products
2- Range: <=5.5
- Range: unspecified
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
1- helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
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