VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-43017

CVSS score4.2 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-11-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@adobe.com: CWE-379
  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references