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FKIE_CVE-2021-21070

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-04-19 13:15 - Updated: 2024-11-21 05:47

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@adobe.com	https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/robohelp/apsb21-20.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/robohelp/apsb21-20.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	adobe	robohelp	*
	microsoft	windows	-

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CVE-2021-21070 (GCVE-0-2021-21070)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-19 12:28 – Updated: 2025-04-23 19:41

Summary

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427)

Assigner

adobe

References

URL

Tags

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/robohel…

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Adobe	RoboHelp	Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2020.0.3 (custom) Affected: unspecified , ≤ None (custom)

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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FKIE_CVE-2021-21070

CVE-2021-21070 (GCVE-0-2021-21070)

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