CVE-2021-28597
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.
Published:Jun 28, 2021
Last Modified:Apr 23, 2025
EPS:Jun 28, 2021
EPSS Score:0.00215
CVSS Score:5.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Adobe
Product
Photoshop Elements
Adobe
Photoshop Elements
Vendor
Apple
Product
Macos
Apple
Macos
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows
Microsoft
Windows
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
