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0
Severity
10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a symlink vulnerability vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary file system write.

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Severity
10
Input Validation
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 4.6.1 and earlier have a using components with known vulnerabilities vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 4.6.1 and earlier have an insecure inherited permissions vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

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Severity
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 4.6.1 has an improper certificate validation vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a symlink vulnerability vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have a lack of exploit mitigations vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 5.1 and earlier have an insecure file permissions vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 4.6.1 and earlier versions have Security Bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to Privilege Escalation in the context of the current user.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 4.4.1.298 and earlier have an exploitable Improper certificate validation vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to a security bypass.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

The Sync Process in the JavaScript API for Creative Cloud Libraries in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 3.6.0.244 allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

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Severity
9.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Input Validation
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

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Severity
9.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application (installer) version 2.4 (and earlier) is affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

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Severity
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Adobe Thor versions 3.9.5.353 and earlier have a vulnerability related to the use of improper resource permissions during the installation of Creative Cloud desktop applications.

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Severity
8.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Creative Cloud version 5.9.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute their own programs, access unauthorized data files, or modify configuration in unexpected ways. If the application uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, then an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted application would then execute. The problem extends to any type of critical resource that the application trusts.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Creative Cloud Desktop Application (installer) versions 4.7.0.400 and earlier have an insecure library loading (dll hijacking) vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Adobe Thor versions 3.9.5.353 and earlier have a vulnerability in the directory search path used to find resources, related to Creative Cloud desktop applications.

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Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 3.8.0.310 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 4.5.5.342 (installer) has an insecure library loading (dll hijacking) vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Input Validation
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Adobe Creative Cloud on Apple macOS. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Adobe privileged helper tool. The issue lies in the lack of proper validation of the helper clients. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of root.

Advisory
ZDI-21-281
Severity
7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Adobe Creative Cloud on Apple macOS. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Adobe privileged helper tool. The issue lies in the lack of proper validation of the helper clients. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of root.

Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 4.4.1.298 and earlier have an exploitable Unquoted Search Path vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to local privilege escalation.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Input Validation
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 4.4.1.298 and earlier have an exploitable Improper input validation vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to local privilege escalation.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Creative Cloud Desktop Application 4.6.1 and earlier versions have an insecure transmission of sensitive data vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information leakage.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Creative Cloud Desktop Application versions 4.6.1 and earlier have a security bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to denial of service.

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Severity
7.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.4 (and earlier) is affected by a file handling vulnerability that could allow an attacker to arbitrarily overwrite a file. Exploitation of this issue requires local access, administrator privileges and user interaction.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 3.7.0.272 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse resource in an unspecified directory.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application before 3.7.0.272 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop 3.5 (and earlier) is affected by an uncontrolled search path vulnerability that could result in elevation of privileges. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must log on to the attacker's local machine.

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