CVE-2021-43019

Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the resources leveraged by the Setup.exe service. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to remove files and escalate privileges under the context of SYSTEM . An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability on the product installer. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.
References
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud_desktop_application:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:39

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : 9.3
v3 : 7.8
v2 : 9.3
v3 : unknown

17 Aug 2022, 22:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1333/', 'name': 'https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1333/', 'tags': ['Third Party Advisory', 'VDB Entry', 'Vendor Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}

09 Aug 2022, 14:42

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-284 CWE-732
References (MISC) https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1333/ - Vendor Advisory (MISC) https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1333/ - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory

24 Nov 2021, 15:24

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (MISC) https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1333/ - (MISC) https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1333/ - Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.html - (MISC) https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8
v2 : 9.3
v3 : 7.8
CPE cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud_desktop_application:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

24 Nov 2021, 13:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MISC) https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1333/ -
CWE CWE-284

23 Nov 2021, 19:25

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-11-23 19:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:09


NVD link : CVE-2021-43019

Mitre link : CVE-2021-43019

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-43019


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Products Affected

adobe

  • creative_cloud_desktop_application

apple

  • macos
CWE
CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource