CVE-2021-28547

Published: Sep 29, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: psirt@adobe.com (Secondary)

Description

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application for macOS version 5.3 (and earlier) is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow a normal user to delete the OOBE directory and get permissions of any directory under the administrator authority.

Affected (1)

Products: Adobe: Creative Cloud Desktop Application

1 product

Creative Cloud Desktop Application

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 2 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application	Up to 5.3

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Apple Macos	All versions
Microsoft Windows	All versions

Related CWEs

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (2)

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html

Source: psirt@adobe.com

PatchVendor Advisory

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/creative-cloud/apsb21-18.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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