7.8
HIGH
CVE-2021-43019
Adobe Creative Cloud Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 23, 2021, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-43019 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Adobe creative_cloud
2 Adobe creative_cloud_desktop_application
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-43019.

URL Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.html Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-43019 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-43019 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Adobe Systems Incorporated AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Removed CVSS V3.1 Adobe Systems Incorporated AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1333/ [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory]
    Removed CWE Adobe Systems Incorporated CWE-284
    Added CWE Adobe Systems Incorporated CWE-732
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-284 / More specific CWE option available
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 09, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1333/ Vendor Advisory https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1333/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-732
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 24, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.html No Types Assigned https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1333/ No Types Assigned https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1333/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:adobe:creative_cloud_desktop_application:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.5 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 24, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1333/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.17 }} 0.03%

score

0.54858

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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