CVE-2021-28581: Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop uncontrolled search path element vulnerability could lead to local privilege escalation

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-09-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

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.

Affected products

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application: through 5.3

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-31.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-31.html

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