CVE-2021-43017

Adobe Creative Cloud DLL Hijacking Local Application Denial of Service

CVE-2021-43017 has no fix on record yet for 1 affected product. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine

CVSS

4.2

No vendor severity

Exploitation

None reported

No vendor assessment

CISA KEV

Not listed

Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

EPSS

0.0117

67th percentile

Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by an Application denial of service vulnerability in the Creative Cloud Desktop installer. An authenticated attacker with root privileges could leverage this vulnerability to achieve denial of service by planting a malicious file on the victim's local machine. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

Where it's fixed

Product	Fixed in	Fix	Released
No fix yet
Adobe Creative Cloud (macOS)	No fix yet	no-fix	n/a

Details

Published
November 18, 2021
Weakness
CWE-379: Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions (CWE-379)
Vendor advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43017

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