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    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
    Adobe
    Product
    Creative Cloud Desktop Application
    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Macos

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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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