CVE-2021-43017

Medium

Description

Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by an Application denial of service vulnerability in the Creative Cloud Desktop installer. An authenticated attacker with root privileges could leverage this vulnerability to achieve denial of service by planting a malicious file on the victim's local machine. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.2
Exploit probability—
ProductAdobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application
PublishedNov 18, 2021
First seenNov 18, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-379CWE-379

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
adobe creative_cloud_desktop_applicationv ≤ 5.5—

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