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CVE-2021-39828

Published: Sep 27, 2021

Modified: Apr 23, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.8

MEDIUM

Description

Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.11.187646 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Digital Editions installer. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

VendorProductVersions

Adobe

Digital Editions

affected
unspecified - <= 4.5.11.187646
affected
unspecified - <= None

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-379

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

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