CVE-2021-43019
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.
Published:Nov 23, 2021
Last Modified:Apr 23, 2025
EPS:Nov 23, 2021
EPSS Score:0.00666
CVSS Score:7.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Adobe
Product
Creative Cloud Desktop Application
Adobe
Creative Cloud Desktop Application
Vendor
Apple
Product
Macos
Apple
Macos
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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
