CVE-2021-43017

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-43017
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-18 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-02-02 13:05:00 UTC
DescriptionAdobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by an Application denial of service vulnerability in the Creative Cloud Desktop installer. An authenticated attacker with root privileges could leverage this vulnerability to achieve denial of service by planting a malicious file on the victim's local machine. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-379

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application All All All All
Operating System Apple Macos - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Adobe Security Bulletin MISC helpx.adobe.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 376025 Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application Denial of Service(DoS) Vulnerability (ASPB21-111)

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