CVE-2021-21011 (GCVE-0-2021-21011)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-13 22:40 – Updated: 2025-04-23 19:47
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Summary
Adobe Captivate 2019 version 11.5.1.499 (and earlier) is affected by an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation. An attacker with permissions to write to the file system could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges.
Severity ?
7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427)
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Adobe Captivate Affected: 11.5.1.499 and earlier
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