CVE-2021-28547

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud_desktop_application:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:32

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~4.6~~ v3 : ~~7.8~~	v2 : 4.6 v3 : unknown

02 Aug 2022, 15:56

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-20~~	NVD-CWE-noinfo

03 Oct 2021, 00:07

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud_desktop_application:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
References	~~(MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html -~~	(MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~7.8~~	v2 : 4.6 v3 : 7.8

29 Sep 2021, 16:44

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-09-29 16:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:09

NVD link : CVE-2021-28547

Mitre link : CVE-2021-28547

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-28547

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

macos

microsoft

windows

adobe

creative_cloud_desktop_application

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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