CVE-2021-21069

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    CVE-2021-21069

    Published: 12 Mar 2021Last Modified: 11 Feb 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

    References: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html, https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-281/, https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.1
    0.1.2
    0.1.3
    0.1.4
    0.1.5
    0.1.6
    0.1.7
    0.1.8

    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
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