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CVE-2021-36002: Adobe Captivate Installer Creation of Temporary File In Directory With Incorrect Permissions Could Lead To Privilege Escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• 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: 2021-09-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-379

Description

Adobe Captivate version 11.5.5 (and earlier) is affected by an Creation of Temporary File In Directory With Incorrect Permissions vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation in the context of the current user. The attacker must plant a malicious file in a particular location of the victim's machine. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must launch the Captivate Installer.

Affected products

• Adobe Captivate 9 and earlier.: through 11.5.5

References

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/captivate/apsb21-60.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/captivate/apsb21-60.html

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