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CVE-2021-21100

Published: Apr 15, 2021

Modified: Apr 23, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

Adobe Digital Editions version 4.5.11.187245 (and earlier) is affected by a Privilege Escalation vulnerability during installation. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary file system write in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

VendorProductVersions

Adobe

Digital Editions

affected
unspecified - <= 4.5.11.187245
affected
unspecified - <= None

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-379

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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