CVE-2021-21068
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-03-12 18:12
Modified
2024-09-17 02:00
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a file handling vulnerability that could allow an attacker to cause arbitrary file overwriting. Exploitation of this issue requires physical access and user interaction.
References
psirt@adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.htmlVendor Advisory
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