CVE-2021-43019

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    CVE-2021-43019

    Published: 23 Nov 2021Last Modified: 16 Feb 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.html, https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.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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