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CVE-2021-21011: Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Adobe Captivate 2019

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

Adobe Captivate 2019 version 11.5.1.499 (and earlier) is affected by an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation. An attacker with permissions to write to the file system could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges.

Affected products

• Adobe Captivate 9 and earlier.: through 11.5.1.499

References

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/captivate/apsb21-06.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/captivate/apsb21-06.html

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