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CVE-2020-9681: Adobe Genuine Service privilege escalation vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-04-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

Adobe Genuine Service version 6.6 (and earlier) is affected by an Uncontrolled Search Path element vulnerability. An authenticated attacker could exploit this to rewrite the file of the administrator, which may lead to elevated permissions. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

Affected products

• Adobe Genuine Service: through 6.6

References

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/integrity_service/apsb20-42.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/integrity_service/apsb20-42.html

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