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CVE-2021-43017

Published: Nov 18, 2021

Modified: Apr 23, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.2

MEDIUM

Description

Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by an Application denial of service vulnerability in the Creative Cloud Desktop installer. An authenticated attacker with root privileges could leverage this vulnerability to achieve denial of service by planting a malicious file on the victim's local machine. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

VendorProductVersions

Adobe

GoCart

affected
unspecified - <= 5.5
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:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

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