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CVE-2021-28547

Published: Sep 29, 2021

Modified: Apr 23, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

7.8

HIGH

Description

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application for macOS version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow a normal user to delete the OOBE directory and get permissions of any directory under the administrator authority.

VendorProductVersions

Adobe

Creative Cloud (desktop component)

affected
unspecified - <= 5.3
affected
unspecified - <= None

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

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