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    CVE-2021-43017

    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.

    Published:Nov 18, 2021
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2025
    EPS:Nov 18, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00323
    CVSS Score:4.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Adobe
    Product
    Creative Cloud Desktop Application
    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Macos

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    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