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GHSA-WHPP-MQ64-QP2Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:47 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:47

Details

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 permissions to write to the file system could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges.

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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

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)


                        
                          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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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-WHPP-MQ64-QP2Q

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

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