CVE-2021-21070 (GCVE-0-2021-21070)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-19 12:28 – Updated: 2025-04-23 19:41
VLAI?
Summary
Adobe Robohelp version 2020.0.3 (and earlier) is affected by an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation. An attacker with admin permissions to write to the file system could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427)
Assigner
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