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CVE-2021-28597

Published: Jun 28, 2021

Modified: Apr 23, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

6.2

MEDIUM

Description

Adobe Photoshop Elements version 5.2 (and earlier) is affected by an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

VendorProductVersions

Adobe

Photoshop Elements

affected
unspecified - <= 5.2
affected
unspecified - <= None

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-379

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

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