CVE-2021-43019

Adobe Creative Cloud version 5.5 (and earlier) are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in the resources leveraged by the Setup.exe service. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to remove files and escalate privileges under the context of SYSTEM . An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability on the product installer. User interaction is required before product installation to abuse this vulnerability.

• CWE-732
• CWE-732

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Nov 23, 2021

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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