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CVE-2018-4927 (GCVE-0-2018-4927)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-19 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:18
VLAI
Summary
Adobe InDesign versions 13.0 and below have an exploitable Untrusted Search Path vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to local privilege escalation.
CWE
  • Untrusted Search Path
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a InDesign 13.0 and below Affected: InDesign 13.0 and below
Date Public
2018-05-19 00:00
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