gsd-2021-21069
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:23
Details
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to call functions against the installer to perform high privileged actions. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
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CVE-2021-21069


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