CVE-2021-28547: Adobe Creative Cloud for macOS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-09-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

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.

Affected products

Adobe Creative Cloud (desktop component): through 5.3

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html

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