VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-43019

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability2.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-11-23
Last modified2026-06-17

Description

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.