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01 Record

CVE-2021-28581

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop uncontrolled search path element vulnerability could lead to local privilege escalation

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: adobe
CNA base score7.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 Description

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop uncontrolled search path element vulnerability could lead to local privilege escalation

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 58.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-09-08 13:29Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-17 03:14Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-03-16
Assigning CNA
adobe
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
47d2bbc49b36c85f72dbca3a179100d4c2a2cae26b06711bc3a574a5aca3af9f

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
AdobeCreative Cloud (desktop component)<= 5.3, <= None—

06 References