CVE-2021-43017

Summary

Adobe 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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
AdobeGoCartunspecified <= 5.5affected
AdobeGoCartunspecified <= Noneaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-379: Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Incorrect Permissions (CWE-379)

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References