CVE-2021-43017

4.2 mediumEPSS 1.2%

Medium (4.2) in adobe creative cloud desktop application. EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

4.2 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 67% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-379
Published: 2021-11-18
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

adobe:creative_cloud_desktop_application

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-111.html

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